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: #33. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite

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Nicholas Bell - January 4, 2018

The Favourite Fox Searchlight Pictures already owns the distribution rights for Yorgos Lanthimos’ next feature, The Favourite, which is described as a bawdy tale of...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #34. Neil Jordan’s The Widow

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Nicholas Bell - January 4, 2018

The Widow Irish auteur Neil Jordan has been absent from cinemas since 2012’s vampire flick Byzantium (read review). Helming and fostering a couple successful television series...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: # 35. Alice Rohrwacher’s Lazzaro Felice

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Nicholas Bell - January 4, 2018

Lazzaro Felice Italian director Alice Rohrwacher, also known as the sister of acclaimed actress Alba Rohrwacher, has quietly become one of the most prominent contemporary...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #36. Christophe Honoré’s Plaire

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Nicholas Bell - January 4, 2018

Plaire In the 2000s, French auteur Christophe Honoré was a prominent international figure on the festival circuit. A blazing star by mid-decade with his 2007...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #37. Sebastian Schipper’s Caravan

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Nicholas Bell - January 4, 2018

Caravan Since his 2015 breakout Victoria (read ★★★½ review), the two-hour plus single-shot romantic drama/heist thriller premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival (and took home...

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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

Film Festivals November 8, 2026 0

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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