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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Exclusive Clip: Women at the Helm in Gabriel Mascaro’s ‘The Blue Trail’

Foreign Film News

Eric Lavallée - April 1, 2026

Selected for 2025's Berlinale where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, Gabriel Mascaro's dystopian-dipped drama The Blue Trail finally drops stateside (this...

Top 3 Critics’ Picks in Theaters this April: ‘The Stranger’, ‘Omaha’ & ‘The Blue Trail’

Features

Eric Lavallée - April 1, 2026

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2026 Cannes: Pierre Salvadori to Paint the Croisette with Fest Opener ‘La Vénus électrique’

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - April 1, 2026

French filmmaker Pierre Salvadori will open the 79th edition of Cannes with his 11th feature film -- a period piece set in 1928's Paris...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Palme d’Or – Part II

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - March 29, 2026

Welcome back to the second portion of our Cannes Film Festival Competition predictions. Earlier we had ten titles jostling among our prognostications; today we...