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: #88. Agnieszka Holland’s Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones Polish auteur Agnieszka Holland shows no signs of slowing in her late 60s. The Oscar nominated director (1992’s Europa, Europa for Best Adapted...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #89. Armando Bo’s Animal

Animal Oscar winning writer/director Armando Bo (Best Screenplay for 2014’s Birdman, which he co-wrote with writing partner Nicolas Giacobone) heads back to his native Argentina...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #90. Jose Padilha’s 7 Days in Entebbe

7 Days in Entebbe Brazilian director Jose Padilha was one of many unfortunate foreign auteurs burned by the Hollywood studio system with his 2014 reboot...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #91. Agnès Jaoui’s Place Publique

Place Publique The multi-faceted Agnès Jaoui is a highly decorated director/writer/actress with a commendable resume. Of her four Cesar wins, three have been for Best...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #92. Pablo Trapero’s La Quietud

La Quietud Argentinean auteur Pablo Trapero has quickly readied his next production, an Argentine-French co-production, La Quietud, which unites France’s Berenice Bejo with Edgar Ramirez...

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