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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Todd Field Accused of Being ‘Hubris’?

No news is bad news, a smidgen or minor mention is great news. It's with this small blurb about Academy Award-winning writer, director, and producer, Bobby Moresco changing agents, we find out that he is currently penning a studio project for Universal picture called Humbris - Humbris is another word for arrogance, which is not a label I would employ for the director who is attached to direct the film.

Reichardt ‘Cutoff’ From Cannes? Kazan Expects Oregon Trail Period Film in 2011

Will one of our most anticipated films for 2010 calender year, end up being pushed back to 2011? If you go by what Zoe Kazan is saying (she's on the junket tour for Bradley Rust Gray's The Exploding Girl), it would appear so.

2011 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture

Here it is folks. My predictions for the ten Best Picture nominees. Let me know what you think ... what would you take out and what would you replace it by. Worth noting: I'm aware that the category was enlarged to include animation, but I think 2011 will be an "off-year".

How Far is Too Far?: The Game of Death Predictably Stirring Debate

A documentary film project that I've been keeping tabs on since I first heard about it last February, is not surprisingly, causing quite the stir. Rezo Films' The Game of Death, a docu experiment that filmed knowing, and unknowing participants in a mock game show that mimicked Stanley Milgram's famed experiment -- but this time in the context of reality television.

Do-It-Yourself for Exit Through the Gift Shop? Hits Theaters in April

If I'm the film distributor who picked up Exit Through the Gift Shop for the U.S theatrical play, I'd probably go underground as well. As an artist who purposely "guns down" all forms of branding, it would be odd for a distributor to come in and swoop up the rights to the docu film.

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