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: #100. Stephane Brize’s A Simple Man

A Simple Man Director: Stephane Brize // Writer: Stephane Brize This will be the sixth film from director Stephane Brize, perhaps best known for his Cesar...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: (Picks 200-101)

They didn't make our final Top 100 cut, but here is a list of foreign film titles that are on our radar for 2015....

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: An Introduction

In an effort to explain the criteria used to create our list of Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015, we must first...

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death | Review

Blitzkrieg Bop: Harper’s Demurely Serviceable Horror Sequel Revels in Cheap Thrills Director James Watkins scored a sleeper hit with his 2012 sophomore film, The Woman...

Best of 2014: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 (Picks 10-1)

Nicholas Bell's Top 20 films of 2014... #20. Madeleine Olnek's The Foxy Merkins #19. Damien Chazelle's Whiplash #18. Gillian Robespierre's Obvious Child #17. Jennifer Kent's The Babadook #16. Adam...

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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’

Post My Summer of Love (2004) and The Woman...

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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