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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SPC fights for another Mamet project

David Mamet and the world of Jiu-Jitsu fighting? As long as we add the conjob element – then why the hell not? Sony Pictures Classics...

Review: First Snow

"Pearce seems perfectly fit for such roles – he summons the appeal of drifters, bad salesman, con artists looking for the closest exit door – this character certainly feels like a little déjà vu..."

First Snow | Review

The Real Slim Shady

No More ‘Debate’s: Whitaker is hot property

Perhaps for the first time in his career – actor Forest Whitaker is a very hot piece of property. Less than a week or...

Three are ‘Dying’ to be in ‘Elegy’

Less than a year ago, some of the critics at the NYTimes pulled out a “Best-of” list makring the best in literature in the...

Breaking

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A Long Winter | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

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Animol | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

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Artificial | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

The End of The World as we Know it:...
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