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: #95. Brian Helgeland’s Legend

Legend Director: Brian Helgeland // Writer: Brian Helgeland There was initially a lot of promise for writer turned director Brian Helgeland’s career, his directorial debut was...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #96. Denis Dercourt’s En équilibre

En équilibre Director: Denis Dercourt // Writer: Denis Dercourt French director Denis Dercourt is generally underappreciated in the US, despite having helmed the superb 2006 film...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #97. Hugh Hudson’s Altamira

Altamira Director: Hugh Hudson // Writers: Olivia Hetreed, José Luis López-Linares Hudson, notably the director of 1981 Best Picture winner Chariots of Fire, hasn’t helmed a...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #98. Radu Muntean’s One Floor Below

One Floor Below Director: Radu Muntean // Writers: Radu Muntean, Rãzvan Rãdulescu, Alexandru Baciu. With his four previous features, this Romanian director was flying under the...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #99. Henrik Ruben Genz’s Tordenskiold

Tordenskiold Director: Henrik Ruben Genz // Writer: Erlend Loe Danish director Genz is best known for his 2008 film Terribly Happy, which earned him comparison to...

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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

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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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