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: #50. Dome Karukoski’s Tom of Finland

Tom of Finland Director: Dome Karukoski Writer: Aleksi Bardi, Mark Alton Brown Finnish filmmaker Dome Karukoski has been steadily making features since his 2005 debut Beauty and...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #51. Clio Barnard’s Dark River

Dark River Director: Clio Barnard Writer: Clio Barnard Clio Barnard became an instant filmmaker of note with her compellingly crafted 2010 documentary The Arbor and then followed...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #52. Michel Franco’s April’s Daughter

April’s Daughter Director: Michel Franco Writer: Michel Franco With several irons in the fire, Mexican director Michel Franco commenced shooting his fifth feature, April’s Daughter, in Puerto...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #53. Francois Ozon’s Double Lover

Double Lover Director: Francois Ozon Writer: Francois Ozon Perennial favorite Francois Ozon shows no signs of slowing, embarking on his seventeenth feature Double Lover even as he...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #54. Anne Fontaine’s Marvin

Marvin Director: Anne Fontaine Writer: Anne Fontaine, Pierre Trividic Having premiered her 2016 French-Polish production The Innocents out of Sundance 2016, French director Anne Fontaine will have...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival – Checklist of Our Reviews

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Winners – Un Certain Regard [Video]

The jury of Leila Bekhti and peers Thomas Cailley,...
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