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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Cannes 2009 Day 8 Offerings: Tarantino, Resnais and Ratanaruang

Starting off the day with QT and his Basterds roster, followed by Nymph from Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, checking out a new pic from Axelle Ropert (La Famille Wolberg) and closing the day and practicing my German with the advance screening of Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon.

Cannes 2009 Day 7: Flaming Homos Take Control in ‘I Love You Phillip Morris’

I Love you Philip Morris is a ballsy move for Jim Carrey, if his clout was anything less than what it is now, this would be considered a career killer. Instead the actor flexes the same sort of comedic acting muscles from his earlier films, and judging from the perf I would think that he enjoyed the role than the more mainstream offerings he is currently tied up in.

Cannes 2009 Day 7: Scams, Explosions and Newspaper Gaffes in ‘Tales From the Golden Age’

Irony and comedy come hand in hand in this five episode collage of life under Nicolai Ceausescu's communist rule. What transpires in Cristian Mungiu's and his fellow co-conspirators' Tales From the Golden Age is a comical, sincere nostalgic look back at how Romanians were able to survive and actually tolerate the system.

Cannes 2009 Day 7: Good Comfort Food found in Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces is like comfort food or your favorite meal at a restaurant: you pretty much know what you're getting and it is just as good whether its the 8th, 10th, 12th time around.

Che Part 1: The Argentine | Review

Reviewed at 2008 Cannes Film Festival (Section: Main Competition Un Certain Regard, Director’s Fortnight, Critic’s Week) May 00, 2008. Running time: 000 MIN....

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Interview: Producer Ryan Martin Brown – The Scout

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Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! | Review

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