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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BOF: 2007 Krakow Film Festival

What: Cracow Film Festival is the oldest film festival in Poland, organised every year since 1961 as the national short film competition, later also an international one and finally only international, made a successful comeback as a double-barreled event once again in 1997.

Live from Cannes: Day 9 (New Directions in Asian Cinema)

I’ve been reading articles in Screen Daily and THR about the current state of Korean film industry, how auteurs filmmakers are having a terrible...

Magnolia finds friend and ‘Foe’

In my books David Mackenzie has in his young career, already established himself as a U.K director worthy of auteurist studies. His breakthrough film...

Review: Pleasure Factory (Kuaile Gongchang)

"Amateurish in design, atrocious to look at, Pleasure Factory is a baffling selection among Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section might make a great teaching aid tool for safer-sex campaigns but is not worthy of a theatrical release."

Review: La Influencia

"Not without its problems, this is an impressive debut in auteurist Spanish cinema with excellent chances of finding itself in another avant-garde film festivals."

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Eyes on the Podium: Mary Bronstein Has Jenna Ortega & Rose Byrne as Rivals in ‘Nasty’

Warner Bros.’ indie label Clockwork lassoed the future cinema...

2026 TIFF: Naishtat, Rachel Morrison & Bassam Tariq World Premieres Added; Zellners Heading to Venice

Five Special Presentations programme titles have been added to...

2026 NYFF: James Gray’s Nightmarish American Dream ‘Paper Tiger’ to Open 64th Edition

James Gray’s Paper Tiger has been selected by the...

2026 Venice: Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ is the Opener for Golden Lion Competition

Danny Boyle's INK will indeed competition for the Golden...
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