Eric Lavallée

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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History Repeating Itself: Magnus von Horn Train Hops with Jeremy Strong in ‘The Passenger’

Foreign Film News

Eric Lavallée - April 29, 2026

Hopefully at some point it'll lose the over-used, generic title, but on the positive side, Swedish filmmaker Magnus von Horn is setting up his...

2026 Rathaus Film Grant Winners: Paisley Sutton, Rachel Debolski & Bree Gant

American Indie Films News

Eric Lavallée - April 28, 2026

Rathaus Films have announced the winners of the third annual edition of the Rathaus Film Grant. The Rathaus Film Grant—this year in partnership with...

TorinoFilmLab’s FeatureLab 2026: Daniel Soares, Luis De Filippis & Catarina Vasconcelos Among Ten Projects

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - April 27, 2026

Canadian filmmaker Luis De Filippis and Portuguese filmmakers Catarina Vasconcelos and Daniel Soares are among the ten filmmakers/feature film projects who have been selected...

Stéphane Brizé’s ‘Un bon petit soldat’ – Everything We Know So Far …

Features

Eric Lavallée - April 25, 2026

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Audio Interview: Mascha Schilinski & Cinematographer Fabian Gamper – Sound of Falling

Interviews

Eric Lavallée - April 24, 2026

It’s only the second day of Cannes competition when the sophomore feature from a virtually unknown German filmmaker arrives, creating one of those disorienting...

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Breaking

La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

Nicholas Bell - June 5, 2026

Interview: Théodore Pellerin – Unifrance 10 to Watch 2026 | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Interviews June 5, 2026 0

At the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, we got to...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

Interviews June 4, 2026 0

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.