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: # 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...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 79. Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas’ Good Manners

Good Manners Director: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas Writer: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas Brazilian directing duo Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas made an unnerving first impression with Hard...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 80. Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais’ Birthmarked

Birthmarked Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais Writer: Marc Tulin Quebecois anglo helmer Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais won Best New Narrative Director at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival for his debut Whitewash starring...

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Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...

Interview: Chris Rock & Daniel Kaluuya – Misty Green

Well-versed in a cinema working in different strands of...

7 Miles Out | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

She’s Lost Control: Morley’s Semi-Autobiographical Drama is Riddled with...

Interview: Benjamín Naishtat & Esteban Bigliardi – Glaxo

World premiering at the 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival,...
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