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: #31. Agusti Villaronga’s The King of Havana

The King of Havana Director: Agusti Villaronga // Writer: Agusti Villaronga Spanish director Agusti Villaronga is most infamously known for his delightfully perverse 1986 art-house shocker...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #32. Joachim Lafosse’s The White Knights

The White Knights Director: Joachim Lafosse // Writer: Zelia Abadie, Bulle Decarpentries, Joachim Lafosse, Thomas van Zuylen Belgian director Joachim Lafosse seems fascinated with incredibly uncomfortable...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #33. Nicolas Saada’s Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal Director: Nicolas Saada // Writer: Nicolas Saada Snagging a Cesar Award nomination for Best Debut in 2010 for Espion(s), director Nicolas Saada has assembled...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #34. Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite

Marguerite Director: Xavier Giannoli // Writer: Xavier Giannoli French director Xavier Giannoli has previously helmed five features, two of them playing in competition in Cannes, including...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #35. Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader

The Childhood of a Leader Director: Brady Corbet // Writers: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold Working with the likes of Bonello, Östlund, Assayas, Hansen-Løve and Baumbach, when you count...

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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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