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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TIFF 2010: Wacko Vanguard Section Sees Our Day Will Come, Monsters and At Ellen’s Age

TIFF's edgy Vanguard section features the world premiere of Romain Gavras' Our Day Will Come featuring the scary looking Vincent Cassel (also at TIFF for Blakc Swan) and perhaps M.I.A's Born Free as part of the film's soundtrack.

TIFF 2010: Visions include The Ditch, Le Quattro Volte, Promises Written in Water and The Useful Life

Michelangelo Frammartino's Le Quattro Volte (aka The Four Times), one of treasured discoveries at Cannes this year is among those selected in small but sweet Visions section -- a grouping of films that are definitely bending the narrative form. Other noticeable titles include Wang Bing's The Ditch, Ance director Federico Veiroj's A Useful Life and what should make for an interesting evening in Vincent Gallo's Promises Written in Water. Here are the selected titles, several began their life at Cannes this year.

Freestyle Plans October Cash Grab with ‘I Want Your Money’

In October we'll be applying both Freakonomics, and with Ray Griggs' I Want Your Money we'll have an animated and talking heads 101 on Reaganomics and Obamanomics. To be released during political banter season (10.15), Freestyle Releasing are looking for a money maker with this docu which focuses on two versions of the American dream...that with the arrival of Obama shows the deep contrasts.

Closer Look: Salvador Allende’s Legacy Explored in Pablo Larrain’s Post Mortem

Competing in Venice and showing at NYFF (where it is one among a pair of film offerings from Chile), here are a set of stills for Pablo Larrain's Post Mortem. Such as his last feature Tony Manero, Larrain once again uses the violent backdrop of Allende era to work in certain thematic and atmospheric details.

Closer Look: U.S Indie in English and Tagalog in John Sayles’ Amigo

Richard Linklater filmed in the U.K. Jim Jarmusch made his last in Spain. And John Sayles, we'll he went completely off-course, heading of all places to Manilla. As I was putting this piece together collection of stills, I came across this post, which uncovered the production's blog, trailer and what not. I'll admit to having skipped on Honeydripper - which was also a TIFF presentation, I had no idea that since then, he was working on Amigo, which was first announced as a San Sebastian Film Festival selection, prior to being called out last Tuesday for TIFF.

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