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: # 69. Alexandros Avranas’ Love Me Not

Love Me Not Director: Alexandros Avranas Writer: Alexandros Avranas, Kostas Peroulis Greek Weird Wave addition Alexandros Avranas got our attention for his 2013 sophomore film Miss Violence,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 70. Ildiko Enyedi’s On Body and Soul

On Body and Soul Director: Ildiko Enyedi Writer: Ildiko Enyedi A major figure of Hungarian cinema during the 1990s, 2017 will mark the comeback of Ildiko Enyedi...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 71. Agustin Diaz Yanes’ Oro

Oro Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes Writer: Agustin Diaz Yanes One of Spain’s most unappreciated directors (at least as far as international renown) is Agustin Diaz Yanes. If...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 72. Anne Sewitsky’s Queen of Ice

Queen of Ice Director: Anne Sewitsky Writer: Mette M. Bølstad & Andreas Markusson Norwegian director Anne Sewitsky (who won top World Dramatic Narrative prize in Sundance for...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 73. Joao Canijo’s Fatima

Fatima Director: Joao Canijo Writer: Joao Canijo Portuguese director Joan Canijo assembles some regular cast members for his latest, Fatima (aka Amen), a film about a pilgrimage...

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