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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Review: Anthony Zimmer

"What the thriller might lack for in originality – the pile-up of different interests from the police, the villains and the innocent bystander converging in the film’s final sequence is a narrative item that isn’t as fashionable as this film proposes"

Anthony Zimmer | Review

If Legs Could Kill

Review: Ask the Dust

"Most surprising is that we’d figure Towne’s fountain of experience would carve out the best from John Fante's noir novel, it may have served as great source material but the film falters because the connection between the characters and this place in history is not strong enough making the great depression looking rosy when it should have been grim-colored"

Ask the Dust | Review

Writers get No Respect

Review: L’Enfer

"Danis Tanovic’s sophomore feature shows great poise in direction. Working with a multitude of themes, Tanovic’s sophisticated style in story-telling and in visually expression of ideas makes this a delightful watch for those who like heavier, emotionally-wrenching European, Bergman-like dramas."

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