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: #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...

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...

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The Guest | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

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A Happy Family | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

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