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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Dylan as a Woman, Black Child?

When an Oscar™ nominated director decides to take on the life of one of the 20th century’s most iconic musical figures, the result is sure to be as winding as the music that inspires it. Todd Haynes takes his unique stylistic approach to the world of popular music in his tribute to the life and work of the folk rock hero Bob Dylan in “ I'm Not There which begins today in Montreal. Marcus Carl Franklin has just been added as the sixth Bob Dylan. The young thesp was featured in the HBO drama Lackawanna Blues.

Review: Edmond

"By no means does this rank among the staple works of Mamet’s catalogue, but the script’s final resting place, the numerous shooting locations and the jittery presentation of the key character helps create an overall sense of uneasiness."

Edmond | Review

Feeling Whole Again

Time ‘Machine’ spec sale for Green & McBride

He is in post-production with Snow Angels. He is in pre-production with Goat. Now comes word that David Gordon Green (for those you don’t know him by name – he last directed Undertow) just sold a spec script to Universal. Weird thing is: it’s a comedy. Where does David find the time?

Take a look at Corbijn’s ‘Control’

General rule of thumb: biopics on singers/bands are painfully awful. I’ll let folks debate the merits of the recent Johnny Cash and Ray Charles features but this July there are a couple of legendary singers that might get a screen treatment worth the brouhaha.

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