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 2017: #2. Carlos Reygadas’ Where Life is Born

Where Life is Born Director: Carlos Reygadas Writer: Carlos Reygadas Open couples relationships and bull breeding ranches form the backdrop for the latest from Mexican auteur Carlos...

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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: #4. Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless

Loveless Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev Writer: Oleg Nevin One of the most notable contemporary Russian filmmakers, Andrey Zvyagintsev returns to the realm of the domestic drama for his...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #5. Lucrecia Martel’s Zama

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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #6. Bong Joon-ho’s Okja

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