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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2015 Champs-Élysées Film Fest: Cartel Land, Franny & Nasty Baby Among Comp Selections

Film Events

Eric Lavallée - May 1, 2015

Sundance preemed docs Matthew Heineman's Cartel Land and Michael Beach Nichols & Christopher K. Walker's Welcome to Leith are going up against Sebastian Silva's...

Top 3 Critics’ Picks: Thomas Cailley, Quentin Dupieux & Safdie Bros. In Theaters this May

Features

Eric Lavallée - May 1, 2015

IONCINEMA.com's Top 3 Critics' Picks offers a curated approach to the usual quandary: what would you recommend I see in theaters this month? All...

Exclusive Clip: Pushing the Envelope in Everardo Gout’s Days of Grace (Dias De Gracia)

Indie Film News

Eric Lavallée - April 30, 2015

An official, Midnight Screening selection of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Everardo Gout's award-winning (landed the Ariel Awards (a.k.a Mexican Oscar) for Best First...

Disparate “Youth”: Fox Searchlight Fawn over Fonda in Palme d’Or Cannes Contender

Acquisitions – Foreign Films

Eric Lavallée - April 28, 2015

The Fox Searchlight folks have always been a label who look towards Youth and they could technically be the first out of the gates among U.S. distributors...

Dolan Doubles Down: It’s Only the End of the World for Cotillard, Seydoux, Cassel, Ulliel & Nathalie Baye

Casting News

Eric Lavallée - April 28, 2015

Joining the ranks of filmmakers with insatiable appetites such as Michael Winterbottom, Francois Ozon and Woody Allen, Xavier Dolan doesn't take too much down...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

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Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Film Festivals November 8, 2026 0

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.