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: #45. Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma

Roma We’ve been waiting five years for the next project from Alfonso Cuaron after his Oscar winning 2013 big budget Gravity. Intriguingly, Cuaron is returning...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #46. Gabriel Mascaro’s Overgod

Overgod Brazil’s Gabriel Mascaro broke into international success with his provocative sophomore film Neon Bull (read review) in 2015, where it won a Special Jury Prize...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #47. Romain Gavras’ Mr. Freeze

Mr. Freeze Director Romain Gavras (son of Costa, brother of Julie) graduated from notable music director to film with his 2010 debut Our Day Will...

Insidious: The Last Key | Review

Back to Basics: Two Prequels Forward Equals Another Step Back for the B-Horror Franchise When James Wan premiered his wonderfully effective 2010 supernatural thriller...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #48. Eva Ionesco’s Une jeunesse dorée

Une jeunesse dorée Eva Ionesco, daughter of Romanian-French photographer Irina Ionesco, documented her incendiary tell-all of her tumultuous relationship with her mother in the 2011...

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The Favorited Son: Landucci Looks at How Love Can...

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Holy War: Mahershala Ali Unleashes Fatherly Vengeance Your Mother Your...

Back to Buenos Aires | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Doctor and the Devils: Bechis Explores the Agony...

A Bit of Light | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Under the Cherry Moon: Asgari Lets the Sun Shine...
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