Eric Lavallée

9224 POSTS
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).

Exclusive articles:

2011 Sundance Predictions: Michael L. Brown’s 25 to Life

A NYU grad who has seen his feature documentary debut supported by Tribeca All Access 2008, IFP's Independent Film Week and Sundance, by all logic, Michael L. Brown should be preeming his documentry film with a catchy title in 25 to Life somewhere between the Doc Competition in Sundance or in Tribeca.

Park City Predictions: 50 Hopeful Films Heading to 2011 Sundance Film Festival

As a team of weary eyed Sundance programmers are watching and deliberating on the thousands of films they received on their end, I've taken it upon myself, now a tradition on the site, to reveal my informed, speculative predictions list of 50 hopeful film titles that I believe have the best odds of showing at next year's edition.

2010 BIFA Noms: The King’s Speech Leads Noms

We have The King’s Speech with a well-deserved total of eight (Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and two Best Supporting Actor nominations) but then you have small treasures that seriously made the grade: both the SXSW showcased Monsters, Tribeca preemed The Arbor received six nominations, while the Sundance displayed Four Lions grabs a total of five. For a list by list category including the stellar Documentary category is listed below.

Wild Bunch at AFM: Grand Master Wong Kar Wai Delivers ‘The Grandmasters’

Wild Bunch is repping Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmasters (which works a lot better than "The Grand Master", perhaps because Ip Man helped create Bruce Lee) and the tagline "In Martial Arts There is No Right or Wrong, Only the Last Man Standing" certainly adds to the complexity of the student eventually taking over the place of his teacher.

Tracking Shot November 2011: The Deep Blue Sea, Cool Water, Friends with Kids

At the beginning of every month, IONCINEMA.com's "Tracking Shot" features a handful of projects that are moments away from lensing and in the same token, we feel are worth signaling out. This November there is a significant drop in mention worthy titles -- but we have three seasoned auteurs and a female director making her debut.

Breaking

Total Eclipse of the Art: Markus Schleinzer Sets Christian Friedel as ‘Klaus’ Nomi

Fresh off the acclaimed Berlinale premiere of his third...

No Disappearing Act Here: Kino Lorber Locates Manuela Martelli’s ‘The Meltdown’

Following its Un Certain Regard premiere at Cannes, Manuela...

Two Prosecutors | Review

Ordeal by Innocence: Loznitsa Mines the Terrors of Naïveté A...

2026 Eurimages: Kira Kovalenko, Monia Chokri & Camille Vidal-Naquet Land Coin

Some Cannes Film Festival alumni in Kira Kovalenko, Monia...
spot_imgspot_img