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: #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...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #36. Paolo Sorrentino’s In the Future

In the Future Director: Paolo Sorrentino // Writer: Paolo Sorrentino While Italian auteur went home empty-handed from Cannes 2013 with The Great Beauty, he went on...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #37. Jan Svankmajer’s The Insects

The Insects Director: Jan Svankmajer // Writer: Jan Svankmajer Earlier this year it was announced that legendary Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer, at the age of 79,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #38. Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram for the King

A Hologram for the King Director: Tom Tykwer// Writer: Tom Tykwer Primarily known for his famed 1998 title Run, Lola Run, which shot actress Franka Potente...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #39. Ben Wheatley’s High Rise

High Rise Director: Ben Wheatley// Writer: Amy Jump The fast moving and increasingly prolific Ben Wheatley commands a significant following after only four incredibly well received...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s ‘A Woman’s Life’

With her sophomore feature, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet made her first...

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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