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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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Emmanuel Marre’s ‘Notre Salut’

A relative newcomer to cinema with only the co-directed Zero Fucks Given (with Julie Lecoustre) selected for the 2021 edition of Critics’ Week, Emmanuel...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’

The only title to have had its world premiere prior to hitting the south of France is Bitter Christmas from Spain's Pedro Almodóvar. The...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Andrey Zvyagintsev’s ‘Minotaur’

We nearly lost this master filmmaker during the Covid pandemic and so Minotaur counts as Andrey Zvyagintsev's first oeuvre after being hospitalized for a...

Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Years We Fell Apart: Razo Resurrects the Final Throes of Childhood For his first narrative feature, documentary filmmaker Bruno Santamaría Razo utilizes a docu-hybrid in...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’

The Romanian master filmmaker Cristian Mungiu moves away from a backdrop he knows far too well to explore the family unit way further up...

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | Review

The Story of O: Schoenbrun Approaches the Horrific Desire...

‘Neon Bull’ & ‘The Blue Trail’ Gabriel Mascaro Launches Production Company

In a rather lengthy profile piece we learnt that...

2026 TIFF: Paolo Strippoli, Anna Biller, Matthew Rankin & Eugene Kotlyarenko in Midnight Madness Section

Last year, the Midnight Madness section received one heck...
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