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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Review: 49 UP

"Spawning many copy cats, the value of the 7 UP series as a whole is invaluable, but newcomers to the series might want to revisit at least the first edition and perhaps one of the middle films to appreciate 49 UP."

Review: Journals Of Knud Rasmussen, The

"For those that want to champion this film it’s not the return to the familiar local, nor another love triangle and nor the language that should turn viewers off, but perhaps the return to a storytelling form frozen in the mythic and the spiritual".

Review: Black Gold

"In theory, profit sharing is a beautiful notion – of course that all depends on who you ask. Black Gold takes a critical, yet more humane look into where the bucks stops and while its not as unflattering as Darwin’s Nightmare, coffee lovers will either want to stay away from these truths or at least ask themselves – where does my four dollar cup of coffee come from and has the lady in the green cap with the phony smile asked herself that same question?"

The Journals Of Knud Rasmussen | Review

Losing my Religion

49 UP | Review

The Pursuit of Happiness

Breaking

2026 Cannes: Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard Selected for Cannes Premiere (!?)

There was no mention this morning for a film...

2026 Cannes: Mysius, Kreutzer, Harari, Grisebach, Herry, Bourgeois-Taquet Among New Faces in the Palme d’Or Comp

A competition section of (currently) twenty-one features with, according...

2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette

The Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and...
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