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: #42. Tran Anh Hung’s Éternité

Éternité Director: Tran Anh Hung // Writer: Tran Anh Hung Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera D’or at Cannes...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #43. Vasiliy Sigarev’s Interesting Ethology

Interesting Ethology Director: Vasiliy Sigarev // Writers: Andrey Ilenkov, Vasiliy Sigarev Still struggling to break free from the confines of the festival circuit, up and coming...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #44. Jaco Van Dormael’s Le tout Nouveau Testament

Le tout Nouveau Testament Director: Jaco Van Dormael // Writers: Thomas Gunzig, Jaco Van Dormael Get ready for some inventive strangeness from Belgian auteur Jaco Van...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #45. Aleksandr Sokurov’s Francofonia: Le Louvre Under German Occupation

Francofonia: Le Louvre Under German Occupation Director: Aleksandr Sokurov // Writers: Alexei Jankowski, Aleksandr Sokurov Russian auteur Aleksandr Sokurov is perhaps best known for his cinematic...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #46. Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre

Mia Madre Director: Nanni Moretti // Writers: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Valia Santella After winning the Palme d’Or in 2001 for The Son’s Room, Italian director...

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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...
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