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: #75. Agnieszka Holland’s Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead

Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead Director: Agnieszka Holland // Writers: Agnieszka Holland, Olga Tokarczuk After working heavily in television since her last...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #76. Wim Wenders’ Every Thing Will Be Fine

Every Thing Will Be Fine Director: Wim Wenders // Writers: Bjorn Olaf Johannssen New German Wave auteur Wim Wenders has lately been focusing on documentaries, both...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #77. Sara Johnsen’s Framing Mom

Framing Mom Director: Sara Johnsen // Writer: Sara Johnsen Norwegian director Sara Johnsen has yet to secure US distribution for her previous three features, including her...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #78. Mika Kaurismaki’s The Girl King

The Girl King Director: Mika Kaurismaki // Writer: Michel Marc Bouchardt Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki, brother of famed auteur Aki Kaurismaki, has often resided in the shadows...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #79. Emmanuelle Bercot’s La tête haute

La tête haute Director: Emmanuelle Bercot // Writer: Emmanuelle Bercot, Marcia Romano Though initially an actress that appeared in films from Jean-Francois Richet and Benoit Jacquot (and more...

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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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