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: #16. Jerzy Skolimowski’s 11 Minutes

11 Minutes Director: Jerzy Skolimowski // Writer: Jerzy Skolimowski Esteemed Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski began his directorial career in the late 60's, but gained international acclaim...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #17. Catherine Breillat’s Bridge of Floating Dreams

Bridge of Floating Dreams Director: Catherine Breillat // Writer: Brian Jones Shortly before her latest title, the autobiographical Abuse of Weakness hit it's limited release in...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #18. Benoit Jacquot’s Journal d’une femme de chambre

Journal d'une femme de chambre Director: Benoit Jacquot // Writers: Benoit Jacquot, Helene Zimmer French auteur Benoit Jacquot tends to get overlooked, though his recent international...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #19. Luca Guadagnino’s A Bigger Splash

A Bigger Splash Director: Luca Guadagnino // Writer: David Kajganich It’s hard to believe that it’s been six years since Luca Guadagnino’s art house favorite I...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #20. Peter Greenaway’s Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Eisenstein in Guanajauto Director: Peter Greenaway // Writer: Peter Greenaway Cinema is alive and kicking and so is director Peter Greenaway, though listening to the esteemed...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Koji Fukada’s ‘Nagi Notes’

Koji Fukada emerged as one of the major voices...

A Woman’s Life (La Vie d’une femme) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Things to Come: Bourgeois-Tacquet Explores an Affair to Remember Crimes...

Nagi Notes | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Only the Lonely: Fukada Explores Constructions of Identity Japanese auteur...
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