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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Sossaman and Burns Answer “One Missed Call”

The cell phone rings, you don’t recognize the number, but you do know the voice; it’s your own, and you are being murdered. That’s the premise behind French filmmaker Eric Valette’s remake of Takashi Miike’s 2003 Japanese horror film “Chakushin Ari (One Missed Call)”.

Amy Adams goes to ‘War’

For those of us who can't wait to see Amy Adams (the adorably naïve gal in Junebug) in another Oscar worthy role can stop holding our breath. It has been announced that Adams is set to appear in Mike Nichols' exposé on American Intelligence, Charlie Wilson's War. The film also stars Tom Hanks, indie-fav Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Julia Roberts.

Review: Miami Vice

"Miami Vice might have great visuals in the globe trotting form of ambitious day and night shootings but it doesn’t have a script to match"

Miami Vice | Review

Undercover and Under the Covers

The World According to Shorts

While there is indeed no shortage of short films, there is a need to collect some of the best stuff out there to make it easy for lazy folk like me to actually want to indulge in this fine cinema form. Curated by Jonathan Howell, The World According to Shorts a series of 6 internationally acclaimed short films that were premed at major European film festival will opened on July 21st in NYC at the Cinema Village.<

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