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: #86. Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s Black Circle

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Nicholas Bell - January 1, 2018

Black Circle Mexican director Adrian Garcia Bogliano has become a favorite international genre auteur thanks to a variety of B-grade titles over the past decade....

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #87. Koji Fukada’s The Man from the Sea

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Nicholas Bell - January 1, 2018

The Man from the Sea Japan’s Koju Fukada scored his greatest international breakthrough to date when he took home the Jury Prize in Un Certain...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #88. Agnieszka Holland’s Gareth Jones

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Nicholas Bell - January 1, 2018

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

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Nicholas Bell - January 1, 2018

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

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Nicholas Bell - January 1, 2018

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...

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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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