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: #80. Michel Gondry’s Microbe et Gasoil

Microbe et Gasoil Director: Michel Gondry // Writer: Michel Gondry Though his last feature, 2013’s zany and effervescent Mood Indigo, had a tortured flight to the box...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #81. Alice Winocour’s Close Protection

Close Protection Director: Alice Winocour // Writer: Alice Winocour Premiering her 2012 debut Augustine at Cannes Critics’ Week, which went on to be nominated for Best...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #82. Jean-Francois Richet’s One Wild Moment

One Wild Moment Director: Jean-Francois Richet // Writers: Lisa Azuelos, Claude Berri (original film), Jean-Francois Richet Jean-Francois Richet won a Cesar for his 1996 debut, Inner...

2015 Top 100 Foreign Titles: #83. Christian Vincent’s L’hermine

L’hermine Director: Christian Vincent // Writer: Christian Vincent A woefully underrated writer and director, Christian Vincent (pictured above) won a Cesar for his directorial debut back...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #84. Catalin Mitulescu’s Rumeno

Rumeno Director: Catalin Mitulescu // Writer: Catalin Mitulescu 2015 is shaping up to be a big year for several of Romania’s most noted auteurs, and among...

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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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