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: #21. Sergei Loznitsa’s Babi Yar

Babi Yar Director: Sergei Loznitsa // Writer: Sergei Loznitsa Ukrainian documentarian Sergei Loznitsa made waves with his 2010 feature debut My Joy, followed by 2012’s In...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #22. Cristi Puiu’s Sierra-Nevada

Sierra-Nevada Director: Cristi Puiu // Writer: Cristi Puiu Not much has been heard lately from Romanian New Wave master Cristi Puiu, whose memorable sophomore effort, 2005’s...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #23. Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin

The Assassin Director(s): Hou Hsiao-Hsien // Writer(s): Hou Hsiao-Hsien T’ien-wen Chu Chinese auteur Hou Hsiao-Hsien has been steadily working since the early 1980’s, coming to great...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #24. Christophe Honoré’s Les Malheurs de Sophie

Les Malheurs de Sophie Director: Christophe Honoré // Writers: Christophe Honoré, Gilles Taurand One of France’s most underrated directors (at least judging on the level of...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #25. Jacques Audiard’s Erran

Erran Director: Jacques Audiard // Writer: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré French auteur Jacques Audiard has enjoyed considerable acclaim with his last two features. 2009’s...

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

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

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Nagi Notes | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

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