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 2015: #6. Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau

Dau Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky // Writers: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Susanne Marian, Vladimir Sorokin Long touted as one of the most ambitious Russian films ever made (but perhaps...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #7. Abdellatif Kechiche’s La blessure

La blessure Director: Abdellatif Kechiche // Writer: Abdellatif Kechiche, Francois Begaudeau Few auteurs have reached the heights of emotional realism in narrative cinema as has Tunisian...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #8. Gaspar Noé’s Love

Love Director: Gaspar Noé // Writer: Gaspar Noé The most controversial director in our top ten list has to be Argentinean director Gaspar Noé, who has...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #9. Michael Haneke’s Flashmob

Flashmob Director: Michael Haneke // Writer: Michael Haneke The cinema of Michael Haneke may be described as cold, distant, even isolating, as the Austrian auteur prizes...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #10. Jia Zhangke’s Mountains May Depart

Mountains May Depart Director: Jia Zhangke // Writer: Jia Zhangke A preeminent figure in the Sixth Generation movement of Chinese cinema, Jia Zhangke is arguably one...

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