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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Anaya is no Ordinary ‘Woman in a Bar’

Sex and Lucia's Elena Anaya (who I most recently saw in Hierro where she played a character similar to that in The Orphanage mixed with Monica Vitti's character in L'avventura) has attached herself to writer-director Rafael Russo's English language romantic drama titled Woman In A Bar.

Kruger and Sagnier Show their ‘Bare Feet’ to Fabienne Berthaud

Internationally renowned regular art-house actresses Diane Kruger (upcoming Inglourious Basterds) and Ludivine Sagnier (A Girl Cut in Two) are being paired together to portray sisters with very different life expectations and experiences in Pieds Nus sur les Limaces (“Bare Feet on Slugs”). Fabienne Berthaud's sophomore feature begins lensing on August 17 until end of September.

Film in Pictures: Bruno Dumont’s Hadewijch

was thinking that Hadewijch was set for Cannes (Flanders was showcased and won the Grand Prix in Cannes in 2006) and now I'm perplexed as to why the film is receiving a world premiere not in Venice, but in Toronto?

Grey Gardens, Into The Storm, and Taking Chance Lead Emmys’ TV Movie Noms

HBO will be pretty much competing against itself in all categories related to made for TV Movie for this year's 61st Primetime Emmys. Ross Katz (who is currently prepping The Amateur American) showed off Taking Chance during the Sundance Film Festival, while Michael Sucsy struggled for five years to get Grey Gardens off the ground

Damned United to be Managed by SPC

There were no pick-up announcements that were made by Sony Picture Classics with regards to Tom Hoopers' The Damned United since the true story attracted Sony Pictures early on, pushing the distributor to grab the world rights to the football/soccer pic.

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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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