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

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - December 4, 2014

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

Features

Eric Lavallée - December 4, 2014

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

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - December 3, 2014

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

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - December 3, 2014

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...

Sundance ’15: Psihoyos, Ross Bros., Heineman & Marc Silver Among U.S. Documentary Competition Offerings

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - December 3, 2014

Last year, Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos' Rich Hill walked away with U.S. Grand Jury Prize while Jesse Moss' The Overnighters was...

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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

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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.