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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TIFF Trailer: No Country for Old Men

In preparation for TIFF, we have a lovely trailer for most of you all. It’s the kind of trailer that makes many of us die-hard fans all fuzzy and warm inside, one that is offered to us in lovely shades of red, and offers heart-felt performances and (if people do end up agreeing with me) will become another American film classic. I’m of course talking about the Coen bros.’ No Country for Old Men - a film that resembles in quality to what many deem as their best films to date: Blood Simple and Fargo.

2007 Fall Preview Top 20 picks: 20-17

Apart from our Top 100 (intro to the year ahead) preview list, IONCINEMA.com’s Fall top 20 is our favorite list to compile. The wealth of quality film selections makes this task of ranking films a difficult one - there are many films that didn't make the cut that I'd wait in line and pay the full price for.

TIFF Trailer: Control

Everyday now (and all the way up until the start of the Toronto film festival), we'll be uploading a daily trailer of a film worth checking out at the fest. Today we first go with the obvious - a film that I adored at Cannes and which gets a North American preem is: Anton Corbijn's Control.

Corbijn feature takes ‘Control’ of Edinburgh

Anton Corbijn's Control picked up fest prizes for best British feature and best perf by actor (newbie actor Sam Riley). The coveted Audience Award award went to another Brit/directorial debut with Paul Taylor's documentary film "We Are Together" winning for its portrait of an AIDS orphanage in South Africa.

Save this ‘Dance’ for WIP

Little Miss Sunshine demonstrated the probable causes for the syndrome called “parents who push their kids to perform in the sports”. Variety reports that...

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2026 TIFF: Amanda Kernell, Irene Dionisio & John Trengove Films Among Dozen Platform Comp Selections

Earlier this year, the Academy Awards announced that the...

2026 TIFF: Anton Corbijn, Chris Rock & Florian Zeller Selected for Gala Showcases

Anton Corbijn's A Talent for Murder, Chris Rock's Misty...

2026 TIFF: Peter Farrelly, Takashi Miike & Michael Dowse to World Preem in Special Presentations Programme

Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shinya Tsukamoto and Lee Chang-dong are the...
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