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: #76. Diane Kurys’ Ma mère est folle

Annual Top Films Lists

Nicholas Bell - January 2, 2018

Ma mère est folle Diane Kurys remains a notable French director who rose to cinematic prominence in the 1980s and has continually worked with some...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #77. Takashi Miike’s Laplace’s Witch

Annual Top Films Lists

Nicholas Bell - January 2, 2018

Laplace’s Witch Any annual list wouldn’t be complete without a mention of Japan’s most prolific contemporary auteur, Takashi Miike, whose one-hundredth film Blade of the...

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

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Nicholas Bell - January 2, 2018

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!

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Nicholas Bell - January 2, 2018

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

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Nicholas Bell - January 2, 2018

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...

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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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