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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The City of the Living | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Reviews

Eric Lavallée - September 4, 2026

Autopsy Audit: Gabbriellini Examines the Choices Before the Mistakes Those left behind to pick up the pieces are rarely the center of film dramas —...

House of the Wind (La maison du vent) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Reviews

Eric Lavallée - September 4, 2026

If You Build It, They Won't Come: Yanghu Offers Alternate Version to Home Improvement Working through migration, isolation and the complicated meaning of home, Auguste...

2026 Venice Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet & Clips for Sebastián Múnera’s Meteorito

Foreign Film News

Eric Lavallée - September 4, 2026

The violence of Colombia’s past has been repackaged as entertainment, commerce and everyday life, but it hasn't disappeared. Violence that lingers beneath the surface....

2026 Venice Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet & Clip for Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu’s House of the Wind (La maison du vent)

Foreign Film News

Eric Lavallée - September 3, 2026

Working with themes of migration, loneliness, abandonment and the need for connection, among the feature debuts programmed in this year's Orizzonti competition line-up we...