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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Scott Speedman Attempts to Break McAdams and Tatum’s ‘Vow’

With Rachel McAdams cast and the city of Toronto serving as the backdrop, the addition of Scott Speedman makes Michael Sucsy's directing debut theatrical (he received a ton of praise for HBO's Grey Gardens) an almost all "Canadian" affair.

Film Movement ‘Whistle’ into Next Year

Film Movement have landed yet another winner from the Berlin Film Festival - If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle accounts as one more sample of the extremely rich Romanian film scene. Co-written and produced by Catalin Mitulescu (How I Celebrated the End of the World), Florin Serban's debut film - a handheld offering about a young teen trying to re-enter society after a stint juvenile detention center, won the Grand Jury and Alfred Bauer prizes in Berlin.

TIFF 2010: Midnight Madness Selections: Carpenter, Brad Anderson, Gunn, Wan

Joining these selections which I posted about 12 hours ago, this year's Midnight Madness is definitely heavy in U.S genre films which include Brad Anderson's not so well kept secret The Vanishing on 7th Street, James Wan's Insidious and the lesser known Stake Land from Jim Mickle.

TIFF 2010: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Peers Featured in City to City

If you're into film studies by region, then TIFF's City to City series might be a worthy sidebar initiative. It began last year with the country of Israel, which proved to be a basterdized first choice -- as the selection was deemed a political one by the media and certain filmmakers from the other side of the "fence". This year patrons can visit Istanbul, Turkey through cinema -- ten feature-length films and seven short films and despite him not having made anything recently, they had no choice but to include a film from Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

Closer Look: Pics for Dan Rush’s ‘Everything Must Go’

A film that is among the items at the top of my list for coverage at this year's TIFF is Dan Rush's directorial debut. Everything Must Go is a Black List script that placed high up as one of the top reads and unproduced screenplays.

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Club Kid | Review

Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...

Wild Horse Nine | Review

They Shoot Agents, Don’t They?: McDonagh Morosely Reflects a...

Interview: Stéphane Brizé – A Good Little Soldier

From The Measure of a Man and At War...
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