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: # 66. Lucas Belvaux’s This is Our Land

This is Our Land Director: Lucas Belvaux Writer: Lucas Belvaux, Jerome Leroy Belgian filmmaker Lucas Belvaux remains one of French language cinema’s most underrated directors. 2017 should...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 67. Andrea Pallaoro’s The Whale

The Whale Director: Andrea Pallaoro Writer: Andrea Pallaoro, Orlando Tirado One of Italy’s most notable up-and-coming auteurs is Andrea Pallaoro, whose 2008 award winning short ‘Wunderkammer,’ preceded...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #68. Fernando Coimbra’s Sand Castle

Sand Castle Director: Fernando Coimbra Writer: Chris Roessner Brazilian director Fernando Coimbra received favorable notices for his 2013 child abduction thriller A Wolf at the Door before...

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...

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