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) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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March of the ‘Meerkats’ for Weinsteins

The bros. specialize in the horror genre with Dimension films, they are trying to claim a stake in animation category and now, it looks like there is a buck to made with nature-related docs as a sound family film investment that began back with Winged Migration and has since become somewhat of a phenomenon with March of the Penguins. Teaming with BBC Films, The Weinstein Co. have agreed to co-finance the African wildlife feature.

Scorsese finally gets some Satisfaction

After the critical and box office success with The Departed, Paramount Pictures has announced that they are contiuing the collaboration – picking up the North American rights to Martin Scorsese’s next project, which has been in gestation for a long time now and finally, after having them musically be a part of his feature films (e.g. Goodfellas) the aging Martin Scorsese will get to create with the aging rockers know as the Rolling Stones.

Focus is cure for ‘Blindness’

Continuing the relationship the fostered with his last film The Constant Gardener, Fernando Meirelles' next project has been picked up by Focus Features – they will most likely serve as the distributor and will handle international sales for the film which should see a 2008 release.

Soderbergh starts work on Che²

Sometimes it’s a whole lot easier to slice that cake in two, than to pick it apart. When projects are the bulky screenplay specimen type then this logic certainly becomes a valid option especially when maximum scrutiny is appealed. Rather than go the 3-plus hour route, Steven Soderbergh is splitting the tale into two pieces written by Peter Buchman. Heck if Clint can do it - so can Steven.

DVD Review: Scarface (Platinum Edition) (1983)

the most chilling shower scene since Psycho depicts the graphic nature of the horrific rivalry between the coke-run street gangs but it also illustrates the genius the filmmaker has for moving camera aesthetics.

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