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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TIFF Picks 09: Paul King’s Bunny & The Bull

Those who've seen his cult television work with The Mighty Boosh know where Paul King is coming from. King's style and sense of humor will destroy all notions of the road movie. Hallelujah.

Exclusive Clip: Christine Jeffs’ Sunshine Cleaning

The "Fancy Corn" clip below represents some of the film's sweeter spots that co-exists with the film's darker offbeat humor elements.

Collector’s Choice: Goodbye Solo, Trouble the Water, Adventureland

Tons of stuff out on DVD worth watching, collecting, seeing for the first time, seeing for a second time and seeing for one time only (Duplicity). We begin with one of the best pictures of the year in Ramin Bahrani's Goodbye Solo (which comes equipped with a commentary track from the filmmaker and cinematographer Michael Simmonds).

Black Dynamite Makes Apparition on Berney’s Label

There will be no mistaking Apparition as a strictly "period piece" outfitter. Via their deal with Sony, the Pohlad/Berney unit have received a gift or a problem title depending on how you look at it.

TIFF Picks 09: Jesper Ganslandt’s The Ape

Ganslandt is being dubbed as part of the new wave of Swedish provocateur filmmakers - he is mentioned along the sides of Ruben Östlund, Tomas Alfredson and Fredrik Wenzel and Henrik Hellström (Burrowing). A self-taught filmmaker who works in the commerical and music video formats, what sounds especially nifty about this project and acts as an indicator that the Swede is working from a unique curriculum is that the lead actor had no clue what would occur from one scene to the next.

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