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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Review: Spring Fever

A heavily flawed film that does a disservice to its quintet of characters by abruptly ending each character's final chapter before it even begins making Spring Fever a film that never manages to find itself. Audiences who've followed his past efforts such as Purple Butterfly and Summer Palace will be puzzled by erotica without reason, by the undefined terms in which the characters are set in and the lack of dramatic focus.

Spring Fever | Review

Taboos That are Tattooed: Ye loses sense of his message in poetic essay

David Michôd

"I always wanted Animal Kingdom to be a crime story with a certain size and sprawl. I wanted it to be about a wide variety of characters and to happen in a wide variety of locations".

Top Ten List: David Michôd (Animal Kingdom)

This August, we profile David Michôd, who when asked to be profiled was (still is) in the midst of a lengthy promotional screening/press junket tour for his directorial debut, Animal Kingdom which will receive a limited release in New York, Los Angeles on August 13th via Sony Pictures Classics.

Film Movement Exchange Vows with ‘Helena from the Wedding’

Film Movement announced that they've acquired Joseph Infantolino’s dramedy Helena from the Wedding. The film, which features Gillian Jacobs (Clark Gregg's Choke), Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures, Up in the Air) and Dominic Fumusa (James DeMonaco's Little New York), will receive a limited theatrical release starting November 12th followed by the usual VOD premiere and DVD club release the following month.

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Children of the Monkey (I figli della scimmia) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Favorited Son: Landucci Looks at How Love Can...

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Holy War: Mahershala Ali Unleashes Fatherly Vengeance Your Mother Your...

Back to Buenos Aires | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Doctor and the Devils: Bechis Explores the Agony...

A Bit of Light | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Under the Cherry Moon: Asgari Lets the Sun Shine...
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