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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Cannes 2010: Ash, Rain or Shine – What’s Ahead

Above you'll find Alejandro González Iñárritu on set, unclothed folks for The Housemaid remake, Sean Penn as Joseph Wilson in Fair Game and the Hopkins and Watts pairing in the Out of Comp Woody Allen pic.

Clip: Innocence Lost in Alicia Duffy’s All Good Children

I'll be seeing a good number of films from this year's Director's Fortnight section. With a line-up comprised of several feature debuts, one of the film's I'm most itching to see is Alicia Duffy's All Good Children, who until I mentioned her here, I hadn't a clue as to who this filmmaker was. I've since become a fan of hers, thanks to her last short film in 2003's The Most Beautiful Man in the World (which was presented in Cannes) and the trailer below (click on screen cap) -- they both present the POV of a child or children under duress.

Trailer: Sean Durkin’s Mary Last Seen – A Prelude of Worse Things to Come

Of the extremely few Sundance items that are receiving their international premiere in Cannes this year we find Sean Durkin's Mary Last Seen -- a visually descriptive exploration of a man with a hidden agenda played by Brady Corbet. To be featured in the Director's Fortnight section, the short film gave me the creeps...not in a horror film related kind of way, but in a queasy, I'm not sure I really want to know what comes next or go there manner.

Clips: Sisterly Love in Pieds Berthaud’s Nus sur les Limaces

Ludivine Sagnier's schtick as a fawn lost without it's mother may be too much of a stretch of the imagination in this pairing of clips (click on the screen caps) below for Fabienne Berthaud's Lily Sometimes.

Clip: Dupieux’s Debut Film with a ‘Rubber’ Soul

In the eyes of many, last year was Quentin's Cannes. This year the most talked film may come from Quentin again...Quentin Dupieux (aka Mr. Oizo) that is. A road movie from a tire's perspective, Rubber is one of the weirdest offerings on the Croisette this year - and will be showcased in the section known as Critic's Week...

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