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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Sundance ’15: Bahrani, Slaboshpytskiy, Szifrón & Hansen-Løve Fill Spotlight

We've been appreciating the clearly defined, distributor friendly, solid eight Spotlight section since it's inception a couple of years back. In 2014 we had...

Sundance ’15: Eli Roth, Rodney Ascher, Bruce McDonald & David Robert Mitchell Land at Park City at Midnight

Last year's batch of eight films included the almost critic-proof trio of Adam Wingard's The Guest, Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement's What We Do...

Fandor eh?: Discover Films from the NFB, Norman McLaren, Guy Maddin & Xavier Dolan

Our favorite online curator have offered us an interactive map on some of the top Canadian film spotlights (from Canuck/poutine filmmaker types) available over at...

Sundance ’15: Chuck Norris, Kim Longinotto & Louise Osmond Among 12 in World Documentary Competition

Supplying a wealth of treasures in just a dozen offerings, last year's World Documentary Competition saw Talal Derki's The Return to Homs claim the...

Sundance ’15: Maclean’s Slow West, Sewitsky’s Homesick, Kleiman’s Partisan & Farrant’s Strangerland Stack World Cinema Dramatic Comp

Titles such as Eskil Vogt's Blind and David Wnendt's Wetlands landed the most acclaim and Alejandro Fernandez Almendras' To Kill a Man won the...

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Children of the Monkey (I figli della scimmia) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Favorited Son: Landucci Looks at How Love Can...

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Holy War: Mahershala Ali Unleashes Fatherly Vengeance Your Mother Your...

Back to Buenos Aires | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Doctor and the Devils: Bechis Explores the Agony...

A Bit of Light | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Under the Cherry Moon: Asgari Lets the Sun Shine...
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