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: #28. Naomi Kawase’s Vision

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Nicholas Bell - January 4, 2018

Vision Japanese auteur Naomi Kawase is a veritable fixture at the Cannes Film Festival since 1997’s Suzaku (which premiered in Directors’ Fortnight), but whose films...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #29. Jean-Luc Godard’s Le livre d’image

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Nicholas Bell - January 4, 2018

Le livre d'image The latest film from Jean-Luc Godard is still shrouded in mystery, and apparently has been re-titled Le livre d'image or the English...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #30. Matteo Garrone’s Dogman

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Nicholas Bell - January 4, 2018

Dogman Pinocchio seems to be a cursed property. With both Guillermo Del Toro and Matteo Garrone’s plans derailed for a new adaptation of the famed...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #31. Corneliu Porumboiu’s Gomera

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Nicholas Bell - January 4, 2018

Gomera A key member of the Romanian New Wave, Corneliu Porumboiu remains a tad obscured by the likes of fellow countrymen Cristian Mungiu and Cristi...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #32. Ulrich Seidl’s Evil Games

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Nicholas Bell - January 4, 2018

Evil Games Since premiering his masterpiece Paradise trilogy across 2012 and 2013, the Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl has returned to heavy documentary subjects with 2014’s...

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Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad) | Review

Nicholas Bell - November 13, 2026

Paper Tiger | Review

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In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful...

TheyDream | Review

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Frames That Mend: Caballero Unevenly Probes Puerto Rican Family...

The Devils (1971) | Review

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Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

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Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.

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