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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Argentinian Helmers Fendrik and Puenzo Team for ‘Smoke Men’

If you know your world cinema, more particularly the Argentinean auteur scene, then you'd be familiar with names such as Pablo Fendrik and Lucia Puenzo. Variety reports that this pair of filmmakers will collaborate on "Hombres de humo" (Smoke Men)...

American New Wave 25: Anthony Burns

Indie filmmaker Anthony Burns officially became a part of the Indiewood landscape earlier this year when he preemed his directorial debut Skateland in Park City, but Burns who has a background in writing learned the ropes by cutting his teeth in the Hollywood system serving as assistant to the executive producer on CW’s Hidden Palms and CBS’s pilot Law Dogs.

American New Wave 25: Erin Benach

Having been in the biz for about half a decade now, you'd think by Brooklyn based Costume Designer Erin Benach's film credits that she got her start because she was an owner of a thrift store. Beginning as an assistant costume designer (sometimes uncredited) on contempo indie dramas such as The Baxter (2005), Laurie Collyer's Sherrybaby and Todd Field's Little Children, it is surely her couture work in Ryan Fleck's Half Nelson that gave Benach her first "big league" start.

First 2011 Sundance Title Announced is Kevin MacDonald’s ‘Life in a Day’

The trades are reporting that Macdonald (part documentarian and part feature filmmaker) is teaming with Ridley Scott and YouTube to create what is being dubbed "the first user-generated feature-length documentary."

IONCINEMA.com’s American New Wave 25

Post-Independence Day serves as a fitting launch date for IONCINEMA.com's "American New Wave 25". As something in the realms of a scouting report, what I want to do with this feature is highlight some of the new names in American Independent film who I think are going to be fixtures not only on this site, but also in the industry itself.

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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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