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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Remains of the Day: Moore Time Towards Fiction, Worthington a Tourist

A slow news day for the indie circuit and foreign film scene, but plenty of film festival items, some father and daughter Coppola news and Day 1 for Anne Thompson at IndieWIRE and the new reboot of David Hudson at The Auteurs.com.

Trailer: Erik Gandini’s Videocracy

Imagine if Ted Turner or Rupert Murdoch had become president of the United States and they had an interest in putting bikini clad women on the airwaves.

Lionsgate at the ‘Heart ‘ of Spanish-Speaking Market

Banking on the large-reach demographic of Spanish speaking moviegoers that Maya Entertainment is keen on servicing, Lionsgate (known for franchise horror films, Tyler Perry comedies) have grabbed last year's foreign-language short list nominated film from Mexico for an eventual theatrical run in theaters - perhaps sometime this year or next.

Daily Recommendation: Boy Interrupted

On HBO tonight, I'll finally have the opportunity to catch a docu film that I managed to miss at Sundance. Hart and Dana Perry's Boy Interrupted tells the heartbreaking story of Evan Perry: the heart-wrenching profile of a family torn apart.

Interview: Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls)

When you take this idea based on a dream and then work for three years of your life on a film and strive to do something that is original or different it may be based on the problem that, with some people, it is their culture that is restrained and if you do something surreal - you draw comparisons with Charlie Kaufman.

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The Pragmatic Mother: Carey Mulligan Cast in Sarah Polley’s ‘The Bell Jar’

Currently in production in Toronto, we now know the...

2026 World Cinema Fund: Ana Cristina Barragán, Amanda Nell Eu & Lara Zeidan Receive Coin

Projects from Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ecuador, Lebanon, Malaysia,...
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