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: #6. Bong Joon-ho’s Okja

Okja Director: Bong Joon-ho Writer: Bong Joon-ho, Jon Ronson Fans of South Korean auteur Bong Joon-Ho’s 2013 English language debut Snowpiercer will most likely be excited to...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #7. Miroslav Slaboshpitsky’s Luxembourg

Luxembourg Director: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky Writer: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky Ukrainian director Miroslav Slaboshpitsky‘s debut, The Tribe, was one of the best titles out of Cannes 2014 (where it swept...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #8. Serge Bozon’s Madame Hyde

Madame Hyde Director: Serge Bozon Writer: Serge Bozon Serge Bozon’s wonky sophomore effort Tip Top was a slapstick comedy skewering racial tension and police procedures in France...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #9. Sergei Loznitsa’s A Gentle Creature

A Gentle Creature Director: Sergei Loznitsa Writer: Sergei Loznitsa Having completed three documentaries, plus several documentary shorts since his 2012 sophomore narrative feature In the Fog, Ukrainian...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #10. Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side of Hope

The Other Side of Hope (aka Refugee) Director: Aki Kaurismaki Writer: Aki Kaurismaki Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki scored some of the best notices of his impressive career...

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The Shrouds | Review

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