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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Honey | DVD Review

Snagging a special mention after a premiere in Un Certain Regard at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival (where it received a commendation from the...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #61. Martha Pinson’s Tomorrow

Tomorrow Director: Martha Pinson // Writers: Stuart Brennan, Sebastian Street Longtime Scorsese script supervisor Martha Pinson (Hugo, The Departed, The Aviator, Shutter Island) makes her directorial...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #62. Piero Messina’s The Wait

The Wait Director: Piero Messina // Writers: Piero Messina, Ilaria Macchia, Andrea Paolo Massara, Giacomo Bendotti Piero Messina previously served as Assistant Director on Paolo Sorrentino's...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #63. Elie Wajeman’s Les Anarchistes

Les Anarchistes Director: Elie Wajeman // Writers: Elie Wajeman, Gaelle Mace Elie Wajeman’s directorial debut, Aliyah, landed at Cannes in 2012 in the Director’s Fortnight. An interesting character...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #64. Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert

Queen of the Desert Director: Werner Herzog // Writer: Werner Herzog One of the most prominent members of the New German Wave happens to be Werner...

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2026 TIFF: Siân Heder’s ‘Being Heumann’ Selected as TIFF Opener

We have a trio of Gala Presentation offerings to...

Black Money for White Nights | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

Steal Big, Steal Little: Grozeva & Valchanov Deliver Just...

The Guest | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

You’ll (Dis)Like My Mother: Mengel Mars a Celebration With his...
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