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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2022 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – James Gray’s Armageddon Time

James Gray makes a fifth trip to the Palme d'Or competition with Armageddon Time - his eighth feature film. Following The Yards (2000), We...

2022 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Charlotte Vandermeersch & Felix Van Groeningen’s The Eight Mountains

Among the last batch of entries for the festival, the filmmaker behind 2004 debut Steve+Sky, 2009’s The Misfortunates (Directors’ Fortnight selection) and 2012’s The...

2022 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Kirill Serebrennikov’s Tchaikovsky’s Wife

The 2022 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or competition begins with Kirill Serebrennikov's Tchaikovsky's Wife -- his fourth consecutive feature to premiere at the Cannes...

2022 Cannes Film Festival: Eric Lavallée’s Top 5 Most Anticipated!

Yesterday we took a look at Nicholas Bell's top 5 most anticipated films for Cannes 2022. Now it's my turn. Competition: R.M.N. He usually takes about a...

Live from Cannes: 2022 Cannes Critics’ Panel – Meet the Jury!

Last year's behemoth two dozen title competition saw Julia Ducournau’s Titane take the top honors landing the Palme d'Or but our jury of twenty...

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2026 TIFF: Peter Farrelly, Takashi Miike & Michael Dowse to World Preem in Special Presentations Programme

Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shinya Tsukamoto and Lee Chang-dong are the...

2026 Venice Film Festival: Debuts From Shalini Adnani, Sebastián Múnera & Tommaso Usberti in International Critics’ Week

Venice's International Critics’ Week aka Settimana Internazionale della Critica...
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