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:

2018 PYIFF Dailies: Birthplace of Ideas in Too Late to Die Young & Fenyang | Day 8

Moving into final stretch of the fest, day 8 was curiously bookended by the notion of the birthplace - either where a person is born...

2018 PYIFF Dailies: Crossing into … Malaysia with Brooke | Day 7

I went into my second viewing of Yuan Qing's Three Adventures of Brooke (the Venice Days selected first time feature we raved about) prior...

2018 PYIFF Dailies: Many Miles from Home with Paul Dano’s WildLife | Day 6

The yearly running joke among film journalists covering the festival beat is to identify the odd title that we somehow missed. In my case,...

2018 PYIFF Dailies: Unhurried Hong Sang-Soo & Lee Chang-Dong | Day 5

I managed to miss the TIFF screening for Locarno premiered Hotel by the River (our Nicholas Bell has been on a steady pace of covering...

2018 PYIFF Dailies: Cities of Last Things Inside the Ancient City | Day 4

The less than fifteen minutes flat walk from the hotel dwelling to festival venues is quite something to marvel in terms of passage of...

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Butterfly Jam | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

For a Few Delens More: Balagov Congeals in the...

La Vénus électrique (The Electric Kiss) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Liar of Your Desire: Salvadori Sputters with Low...

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...
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