Nicholas Bell

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Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #78. Lech Majewski’s Valley of the Gods

Valley of the Gods Polish writer/director Lech Majewski, who received story credit on Julian Schnabel’s 1996 Basquiat, has garnered acclaim for his own directorial efforts,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #79. Patricia Mazuy’s Paul Sanchez est revenu!

Paul Sanchez est revenu! A noted but infrequently appearing cinematic presence, director Patricia Mazuy returns with her fifth feature, Paul Sanchez est revenu! (aka Paul...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #80. Jan Svankmajer’s The Insects

The Insects Legendary Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer, at the age of 79, has been working what’s been announced as his last project The Insects for...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #81. Guillaume Nicloux’s Tassen (Les Confins du Monde)

Tassen (Les Confins du Monde) The fast paced Guillaume Nicloux (who has premiered a new film project in succession from 2012 to 2016) filmed his...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #82. Lav Diaz’s The Season of the Devil

The Season of the Devil 2016 was a watershed year for Filipino auteur Lav Diaz, who won the Alfred Bauer Award out of Berlin for...

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