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: #70. Brillante Mendoza’s The Embroiderer

The Embroiderer Director: Brillante Mendoza // Writer: Zig Dulay Brillante Mendoza, one of the most notable directors working in the Philippines, has had constant output since...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #71. Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune

The Commune Director: Thomas Vinterberg // Writer: Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg After the payoff of the successful reception of 2012’s The Hunt, looks like we’re going...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #72. Otar Iosseliani’s Chant d’hiver

Winter Song Director: Otar Iosseliani // Writer: Otar Iosseliani With his 1984 classic title, Favorites of the Moon finally receiving a re-mastered blu-ray release for US...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #73. Catherine Corsini’s La belle saison

La belle saison Director: Catherine Corsini // Writers: Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss French director Catherine Corsini isn’t very well known in the US, though many should...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #74. Ari Folman’s Anne Frank Project

Untitled Anne Frank Project Director: Ari Folman // Writer: Ari Folman We were sorry to see Folman’s last film, 2013’s The Congress so apathetically received after...

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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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