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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Moverman in Hollywood’s Utero

Come to think of it, Ben Foster not only has a beach blond fro, but he could have the same temperament that Cobain had. If you happen to see Foster switch from an army buzz cut to something a tad bit longer then you could begin the rumor mill -- as Universal is looking to hire Oren Moverman to rework the draft that David Benioff filed in three years back.

Larry Clark Switches Wild Child for ‘Savage Innocent’

Larry Clark isn't dropping projects, but instead switching up titles, adding Dakota Johnson and is going to finally get back into the director's chair for a five week shoot in Los Angeles next March 15th according to Production Weekly's twitter feed.

Mike Newell Helming Litvinenko Project?

I'm still in awe of and can imagine a film version of yesterday's news item where a team of assassins played dress up, staked out a swanky hotel and took out a leader of the Hamas...if that headliner has got me thinking of a better version of Munich, then I have every reason to believe that despite not knowing the film's true villain, that Alexander Litvinenko's true life story might translate well on screen with the Cold War, spy vs spy elements

Paladin to Offer Masterclass in Filmmaking via Ten ‘Great Directors’

At the end of the day, the goal of IONCINEMA.com is to celebrate and promote the process, and this is why Ismailos' Great Directors might interest our readers - she interviews such auteurs as Bernardo Bertolucci, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, David Lynch, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater, Haynes and Sayles.

Lorber Liberates ‘The Army of Crime’

If you're a small indie company such as Lorber films you need for titles to fall through the cracks to fill up a theatrical slate. Hence, a lot of time has lapsed on Robert Guediguian's The Army of Crime since it preemed as an out of comp title at Cannes. A Spring/Summer release is in the works.

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