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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Weisz is Pointed out as ‘The Whistleblower’

Rachel Weisz has found herself not in hot water, but in friendly pool of young and talented female producers and will be lead by helmer Larysa Kondracki in The Whistleblower. Variety reports that the actress will be toplining the directorial debut for a shoot in Hungary sometime this summer.

Doppelganger Delight: Trailer for Marina de Van’s Ne te retourne pas

I smell a Hollywood remake in the works. Single White Female frolicked with the idea, and for Brian DePalma, the doppelganger is a reference point of interest in his work, but Marina de Van's Ne te retourne pas suggests that the notion is not lost and amusingly explored just in the release of a pair of trailers...

‘Nailed’ is Dead Before Arrival

Unlike Margaret (the film is caught in post-production hell), Nailed should never see the day of light because it is, as Playlist describes it “missing key scenes and has been basically abandoned by the principle post-production players.”

Faris and Dayton are Looking to Be ‘Used Guys’

The Little Miss Sunshine filmmaking pair of Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton might have taken the VW westfalia route in boarding their next project. Not that they have been especially slow to react – I've seen directors blast onto the scene and wait too long to release their follow-up.

Film Movement has ‘Gigante’ in Field of Vision

Film Movement are prepping their Fall slate by including a triple Berlin Film Festival award-winner debut film from Uruguay in Adrián Biniez's Gigante.

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