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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Interview: Cristian Mungiu (4 months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)

It lasted five thousand meters instead of two thousand meters and I was at the point of giving up because this is the most difficult moment for you as a director: everyone knows what they need to say but they can’t get what you want and the problem wasn’t that much with Anna-Maria but the others for here the problem was to manage to find the same concentration after so many takes because peeople were making mistakes and it was so frustrating because it was a 12-minute shot.

Sundance 2008 Interview: (Chusy) Haney-Jardine (Anywhere, U.S.A.)

I didn’t really want to be a filmmaker. I wanted to be a surfer or a tennis player. Per chance, when I was working on the account side at a multi-national ad agency, a client presented me with the opportunity to write and direct some fashion commercials (I had excelle

Sundance Film Festival: Day 6

Oscar noms and the unfortunate news of Heath Ledger took most of today's attention away from Park City - but the 3 deals worth...

R.I.P: Heath Ledger

1979 – 2008 On a day that was meant for millions of smiles (Oscar noms) comes the terribly sad news that hits both movie fans...

Sundance Deal: Focus Features pay top dollar for Bill Shakespeare comedy

In the Little Miss Sunshine category of deals at Sundance - Focus Features has picked up the world rights to comedy Hamlet 2 for...

Breaking

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...

Only the Lonely: Ulrich Seidl Travels to Dark Tourism Places with ‘Distances’

The folks art Cineuropa are giving us a major...

History Repeating Itself: Magnus von Horn Train Hops with Jeremy Strong in ‘The Passenger’

Hopefully at some point it'll lose the over-used, generic...
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