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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Another Con Job for Zobel in ‘Gizmondo’

I imagine that when you have a breakout indie hit and you collect Gotham and Indie Spirit award noms by the boatload then you have scripts tossed at you like you were the bench-warming, jockstrap receiving equipments manager for a football team.

Miramax Not About to ‘Tell No One’

In the U.S. - it became Music Box Film's “the picture with subtitles that could”. I caught a screening of it in it's 12th week in Manhattan, and it tallied a cool 6 million in box office receipts - a rarity indeed.

Zeitgeist Picks Up ‘Act of God’ at Lightning Speed

Zeitgeist are being struck by Jennifer Baichwal not once, but twice. Baichwal’s previous film, Manufactured Landscapes played extremely well for the unit and without looking at the numbers was probably a box-office draw suggesting that: the privilege of acting on Act of God before it even hit the market or made a public festival impression surely manifested itself months before.

In Love with Mussolini: Trailer for Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Vincere’

Headed off to Cannes in the Main Competition, Vincere focuses on the scorned/stubborn lover/wife's journey. In the trailer below, you don't need to comprehend Michelangelo's main tongue to grasp how Benito tried to keep his past and relationship with Ida Dalser in the dark.

Benten Films Makes Leap with ‘Fish Eyes’

True cinephiles/film journalists Andrew Grant and Aaron Hillis are about to explore the oldest venue in the book. The started off with a DVD label and now they are throwing their hats into the theatrical distribution game with Benten Films acquiring Zheng Wei's directorial debut fresh from the Tribeca Film Festival.

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