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) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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2025 Cannes Film Festival: Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Wins the Palme d’Or

He won Venice. He won the Berlinale. He now wins the Palme. With strong competition from the likes of Kleber Mendonça Filho, Oliver Laxe...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: ‘Sirat’ ‘The Secret Agent’ & ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Finish 1-2-3!

Tomorrow is the big day. There were twenty-two films in competition and only one will take home the big daddy prize. If it were...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 11 – Kelly Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’

While she has dropped world premieres at Sundance and Venice (plus Telluride), Kelly Reichardt has been flirting with Cannes on three occasions total (plus...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 11 – Dardenne Bros.’ ‘Jeunes mères’

Winner of the Palme d'Or for 1999's Rosetta (which also took Best Actress for the recently departed Émilie Dequenne) and 2005's The Child, Luc...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Bi Gan’s ‘Resurrection’

An already acclaimed filmmaker in his own right after 2015's Kaili Blues won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and 2018's Long...

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Interview: Óliver Laxe – Sirāt

In his debut You Are All Captains (2010), Óliver...

Interview: Óliver Laxe – Sirāt (2025 Marrakech International Film Festival)

Óliver Laxe has been on a whirlwind promotional tour...

Sirat | Review

A Bridge Too Far: Laxe Enters the Zone “The Zone...

Pillion | Review

Sit & Deliver: Lighton Assumes Positions in Titillating Debut There’s...
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