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: # 74. Florence Quentin’s Bonne Pomme

Bonne Pomme Director: Florence Quentin Writer: Florence Quentin Florence Quentin was perhaps best known during the late 80s and early 90s as the screenwriter for director Etienne...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 75. Michelangelo Frammartino’s Late Spring

Late Spring Director: Michelangelo Frammartino Writer: Michelangelo Frammartino Italian director Michelangelo Frammartino announced himself as an important new cinematic talent with his 2010 sophomore film Le Quattro...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 76. Jacques Doillon’s Rodin

Rodin Director: Jacques Doillon Writer: Jacques Doillon Seasoned French auteur Jacques Doillon has been making films since the early 1970s and has competed on most of the...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 77. Fatih Akin’s In the Fade

In the Fade Director: Fatih Akin Writer: Fatih Akin, Hark Bohm Fatih Akin has been a fixture in German language cinema since his 2004 break out Head-On,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 78. Jonas Carpignano’s A Ciambra

A Ciambra Director: Jonas Carpignano Writer: Jonas Carpignano Italian-American filmmaker made waves with his 2015 debut Mediterranea (which took home a Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough...

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Leave One Day (Partir un Jour) | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

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IONCINEMA.com has been gauging the pulse of the Palme...
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