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 2016: #68. Bence Fliegauf’s Lily Lane

Lily Lane Director: Bence Fliegauf Writer: Bence Fliegauf We had pegged Bence Fliegauf's latest Lily Lane as a definite 2015 title, but it was not to be....

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #70. Hirokazu Koreeda’s After the Storm

After the Storm Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda wasted little time between premiering his 2015 title Our Little Sister at the 2015...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #71. Jed Kurzel’s Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley

Ivan Lendly Never Learnt to Volley Director: Jed Kurzel Writer: Jed Kurzel Composer Jed Kurzel, and brother to filmmaker Justin Kurzel (Snowtown; Macbeth) makes his directorial debut...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #72. Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza’s Sicilian Ghost Story

Sicilian Ghost Story Directors: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza Writers: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza Directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza won the Grand Prize at 2013...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #73. Agustin Diaz Yanes’ Oro

Oro Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes Writer: Arturo Perez-Reverte One of Spain’s most unappreciated directors (at least as far as international renown) is Agustin Diaz Yanes. If you...

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Interview: Hédi Zardi Atlas Workshop – 2026 Marrakech Film Festival

The Atlas Workshops provide artistic and professional support to...

Possible Love | Review

Blue is the Warmest Collar: Chang-dong Prepares a Touch...

Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love

For his seventh feature film, Korean master filmmaker Lee...

Interview: Travis Knight – Wildwood

Among those that play the long game we could...
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