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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Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #5. Christian Petzold’s Transit

Transit Director: Christian Petzold Writer: Christian Petzold It’s already been four years since Christian Petzold unveiled his last masterwork, Phoenix, which (along with 2012’s Barbara) significantly elevated...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #6. Ava Duvernay’s A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time Director: Ava DuVernay Writer: Jennifer Lee Years from now, director Ava DuVernay will continually be referenced for a dizzying amount of incredible firsts...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #7. Abel Ferrara’s Siberia

Siberia Director: Abel Ferrara Writer: Abel Ferrara After a prolific return to form in 2014 with his Willem Dafoe starring Pasolini and one of the best films...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #8. Ulrike Ottinger’s The Beautiful Woman Sleeping

The Beautiful Woman Sleeping Director: Ulrike Ottinger Writer: Ulrike Ottinger, Elfriede Jelinek At the beginning of 2016, we had listed The Beautiful Woman Sleeping, a new project...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #9. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Wild Pear Tree

Wild Pear Tree Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Writer: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan happens to be one of the most lauded director working today....

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