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).

Exclusive articles:

Butterfly Jam | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

For a Few Delens More: Balagov Congeals in the Garden State Kantemir Balagov brings his native Nalchik to New Jersey with his English language debut...

Exclusive Clip: Two Lanes Two Trucks in Pierre Le Gall’s ‘Flesh and Fuel’ – 2026 Cannes

Nabbing one of only four non-competition slots in this year's Critics' Week selections, French filmmaker Pierre Le Gall will be making his second trip...

Exclusive Clip: Emergency Fun(d) in Valentina Maurel’s ‘Forever Your Maternal Animal – 2026 Cannes

With her body of work, Franco-Costa Rican filmmaker Valentina Maurel has explored adolescence, female desire, social alienation and fractured family dynamics through a raw,...

Exclusive Trailer: Inserting Your Tongue into Bruno Santamaría Razo’s ‘Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building’ – 2026 Cannes

Lightning strikes twice today - earlier we premiered the poster one sheet, and now we have the full trailer to Bruno Santamaría Razo’s Six...

2026 Cannes Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet for Bruno Santamaría Razo’s ‘Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building’ (Critics’ Week)

Among the seven films (six debuts) we find in this year's Critics' Week competition line-up we find Six Months in a Pink and Blue...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – László Nemes’ ‘Moulin’

Four films in and his second trip to the...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’

The last minute addition to the competition line-up (we...

Paper Tiger | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘The Beloved’

In a cinema that has worked with themes of...
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