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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Lavallee: Year in Review

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is for: Animals. Those furry friends whose habitat we are slowly destroying and which we place between two sesame-seed buns, are no longer being used as silly animated characters – they are the fascinating subject matters of documentaries (The March of Penguins) and intelligent movies for children (Duma)...

Berlin Film Festival 06

Berlin gave us a sampling of comp and out-of-comp pics selected for the 56th edition. Selection of all 26 films to be screened in the competition section at the 56th Berlinale is due to be completed by mid-January. Here are some of the pics:...

Review: Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha fails to capture the essence of suppressed emotions, instead this falls more into cliché and leaves viewer’s unaffected. Think baked potatoes without the toppings. For a holiday screen romance, try the flipside - an Asian’s perspective of American and a love story with Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain...

Memoirs of a Geisha | Review

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Sundance Filmmakers Awards

What do these films have in common?         They were past recipients of the award handed out by the Sundance Institute. This year’s crop...

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