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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Patrick Brice’s Corporate Animals | 2019 Sundance Film Festival

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Eric Lavallée - February 19, 2019

Working at almost a film per year pace since 2014's Creep, versatile in humor and horror, Corporate Animals is perhaps the best of both...

Kirill Mikhanovsky’s Give Me Liberty | 2019 Sundance Film Festival

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Eric Lavallée - February 19, 2019

Juggling not one, but two current projects (the other being the Sundance Lab supported Coming to You), Kirill Mikhanovsky is at a special crux...

J.D. Dillard’s Sweetheart | 2019 Sundance Film Festival

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Eric Lavallée - February 19, 2019

Seeing that he signed up for Sweetheart not that long after Sleight had premiered at Sundance in 2016, we now understand why the Blumhouse...

Mads Brügger’s Cold Case Hammarskjöld | 2019 Sundance Film Festival

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Eric Lavallée - February 19, 2019

Remarkably still comfortable working with the confines of the gonzo investigative docu style of filmmaking, Mads Brügger comically addresses how storytelling can curtail and...