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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Holmes Not ‘Afraid of the Dark’

Making perhaps a personal and professional life move, Katie Holmes will be setting herself up for a summer shoot in Australia working under a "Guillermo del Toro Presentation".

Strand Catches Veiko Ounpuu’s ‘Sugisball’

Regularly looting from Cannes, Berlin and one more from Venice, Strand Releasing has picked up Estonian director Veiko Ounpuu’s Sugisball - a deadpan like picture that reminds of certain aesthetic and tonal choices from certain Scandi filmmakers.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou complete the Trilogy

Jean-Pierre Jeunet recently directed Audrey Tautou in Chanel, not the film (not to be confused with Anne Fontaine's Coco avant Chanel) but in a long form commercial.

Inside Jane Campion’s Creative Process for Bright Star

I find there is very little need for official film websites – for the most part they lack imagination and serve no purpose. I took great pleasure in recently discovering Jane Campion's official production site for her latest film (which I'll be covering at Cannes) Bright Star.

Cannes 2009’s Top 5 Items For Sale: Agora

The big budget assures that the out of competition Agora won't be bought by an independent but rather, a major studio looking for a strategic tentpole pic sometime after Spain releases the picture in September.

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