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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Interview: Chloé Zhao & Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

Interviews

Eric Lavallée - November 25, 2025

In one of 2025’s most searing dramatic screen performances, Jessie Buckley embodies Agnes (the wife of William Shakespeare) with such fierce passion and unguarded...

Interview: Paul Mescal – Hamnet

Interviews

Eric Lavallée - November 24, 2025

It overpowered critics in Telluride, slayed Toronto audiences and has been on a rampage ever since winning audience film festival awards and catapulting itself...

Interview: Producer Rodrigo Teixeira – Sotomayor’s ‘La Perra’, Naishtat’s ‘Glaxo’, Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’

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Eric Lavallée - November 23, 2025

For over two decades, Rodrigo Teixeira has been a cornerstone of international auteur cinema, building a reputation as a producer with a discerning eye...

Interview: Emma Stone & Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

Interviews

Eric Lavallée - November 20, 2025

Unfolding like a psychological seesaw of balanced fear, delusion, and unexpected intimacy—Teddy Gatz has slipped so deeply into conspiracy thinking that it has isolated...