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: #65. Marco Bellocchio’s L’ultimo Vampiro

L'ultimo Vampiro Director: Marco Bellocchio // Writer: Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio is a key figure from mid-60s radical Italian cinema with his 1965 film Fists in...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #66. Emir Kusturica’s On the Milky Road

On the Milky Road Director: Emir Kusturica// Writer: Emir Kusturica We had two Palme d’Or winner (Time of the Gypsies in 1998; Underground in 1995) Emir...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #67. Valerie Donzelli’s Marguerite et Julien

Marguerite et Julien Director: Valerie Donzelli // Writers: Valerie Donzelli, Jeremie Elkaim Director and actress Valerie Donzelli has fostered a considerable career as a director over...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #68. Anne Sewitsky’s Homesick

Homesick Director: Anne Sewitsky // Writers: Anne Sewitsky, Ragnhild Tronvoll After taking home the Best Film Prize in the World Dramatic category at the 2010 Sundance...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #69. Untitled Abbas Kiarostami Project

Untitled Abbas Kiarostami Project Director: Abbas Kiarostami // Writer: Abbas Kiarostami While it had been long rumored that Juliette Binoche would be reteaming with Abbas Kiarostami...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’

After gaining international recognition with Berlinale entries in Silver...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Story of O: Schoenbrun Approaches the Horrific Desire...

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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