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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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful

There are big question marks as to how Inarritu will do in his post-Guillermo Arriaga portion of his career. I imagine that we'll have less intricate plots (no mapped out threaded connections between characters and grand themes explored through various POVs), but Inarritu's true calling card is human drama and those emotionally charged sequences that rotate between despair and relief.

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg

I have this sense of euphoria every time Baumbach presents us a a whole new batch of idiosyncratic characters and from the looks of the trailer, it'll be interesting to see Reality Bites star and filmmaker Ben Stiller continues holding the torch for all Generation X'ers.

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Amat Escalante’s Heli

Like his mentor Reygadas, Escalante favors a brute force aesthetic realism that goes a long way in describing the realities of modern day Mexico.

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Jodie Foster’s The Beaver

My enthusiasm is pretty much based on the material - Kyle Killen's screenplay was the top vote-getter in 2008's Black List of unproduced screenplays.

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Andrew Jarecki’s All Good Things

Jarecki made one of the best doc films of the past decade, looking forward to this debut which eerily feels close to the disintegration found in his brilliant doc film.

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