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: # 93. Volker Schlondorff’s Return to Montauk

Return to Montauk Director: Volker Schlondorff Writer: Volker Schlondorff, Colm Toibin It’s impossible to discuss the German New Wave of the 1970s without mentioning Volker Schlondorff, perhaps...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 94. Raoul Peck’s The Eyes of Karl Marx

The Young Karl Marx Director: Raoul Peck Writer: Pascal Bonitzer Haitian director Raoul Peck, currently enjoying considerable awards buzz for his 2016 documentary on James Baldwin, I...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 95. Thomas Vinterberg’s Kursk

Kursk Director: Thomas Vinterberg Writer: Robert Rodat After his well-received period drama The Commune premiered in the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival, Danish auteur Thomas Vinterberg scored...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 96. Lav Diaz’s When the Waves Are Gone

When the Waves Are Gone Director: Lav Diaz Writer: Lav Diaz Lav Diaz had a sterling 2016. After winning the Alfred Bauer Award for his eight hour...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 97. Ciro Guerra’s Birds of Passage

Birds of Passage Director: Ciro Guerra Writer: Ciro Guerra Ciro Guerra’s 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent won top honors out of Directors’ Fortnight and was the...

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L’intérêt d’Adam | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Enzo | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

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