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: Christopher Nolan’s Inception

The super secretive project where actors received only a few pages of the screenplay at a time, looks to the film that will get fanboys' underoos in knots. If you like giant puzzles, you might want to remember that this is also the guy who gave us Memento. Not mentioning the cast, this is a summer guilt pleasure pic that has sold me on the pair of trailers alone.

First Look: Wrong Side of the Tracks in Peter Mullan’s Neds (Non-Educated Delinquents)

After sticking to his day job for some time (he'll next be seen in all three Red Riding films) Mullan returned to the director's chair last year for Neds, which stands for Non-Educated Delinquents. Here is a first look at some of the stills from the film - which pretty much grasps what direction the film's young protagonist might be headed.

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Mark Ruffalo’s Sympathy for Delicious

Ruffalo's film school consists of working under Michael Mann, Spike Jonze, Martin Scorsese, David Fincher and Ang Lee, so when a passion project between him and good friend Thornton finally comes to fruition, one has to wonder whether the prior work can help mold the actor as a helmer. The project certainly doesn't feel cookie-cutter, so could this be a feel good film in spandex, metalhead clothing?

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Jack Goes Boating

He probably found confidence in seeing another broadway play in Doubt making a pretty good transition to the big screen, and there is a distinct feeling we are going meta here with the role found in Synecdoche, New York. I don't think we need to mention the filmmakers he's worked with, but one thing is assured: Hoffman gives it his all as an actor and is among the top 5 working actors of the 90's and 00's -- so I expect the same commitment behind the camera.

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Nicole Holofcener’s Please Give

Fifty years from now when folks will be curious about how the modern day woman lived, how they did their "Walking and Talking" they'll just have to have themselves a Nicole Holofcener festival. You appreciate her for how she examines different neurosis among the estrogen segment of the population and her employment of go-to muse Catherine Keener. I'm guessing this is a continuation of the central theme examined in Olivier Assayas's Summer Hours.

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