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: # 100. Urszula Antoniak’s Beyond Words

Beyond Words Director: Urszula Antoniak Writer: Urszula Antoniak Polish director Urszula Antoniak won Best First Feature (and several other prizes) at Locarno for her 2009 debut Nothing...

Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: Picks 200 to 101

As we unveil our first tier of two hundred notable foreign film projects to be potentially unveiled in 2017, the coming year promises to...

The Ardennes | Review

Brother’s Keeper: Pront’s Squalid Crime Thriller a Promising Debut Although we’ve seen certain tropes and characterizations aplenty, such as any number of disenfranchised families struggling...

You, Me, & Denis: Binoche & Depardieu Up for “Les Lunettes Noir”

In October of 2016, French actress Juliette Binoche revealed several new projects while being interviewed in Hungary, one of which she cited as a...

Best of 2016: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Theatrical Releases: Picks 10 to 1

Recapping yesterday's 20 to 11 countdown/up. 20. David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water 19. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy 18. Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship 17. Anders Thomas Jensen's Men...

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