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) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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Top 3 Critics’ Picks In Theaters this April: Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez’s Manakamana

Manakamana – Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez NYC Release – April 18th Distributor: The Cinema Guild Awards & Fests: Winner of a trio of Locarno Film Fest awards...

Top 3 Critics’ Picks In Theaters this April: Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive

It's not exactly a "slim pickings" type of month of April. Beyond our Top 3 Critics' Picks, there are a handful of A &...

Cinedigm Lets Genre Breeze in; Grab SXSW Preemed Nacho Vigalondo’s “Open Windows”

After last year's notable SXSW fest pick-ups in Short Term 12 and Our Nixon, Cinedigm is taking a trip into genre-land item with Nacho Vigalondo’s...

Get Him to the Greek; John C. Reilly Completes Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” Ensemble

Supporting players in John C. Reilly, Ashley Jensen, Michael Smiley and Jessica Barden are joining the already cast, diverse set of Colin Farrell, Rachel...

Drafthouse Loves Thy Neighbor; Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters Finds Distrib Housing

After taking The Act of Killing to the bank, Drafthouse's Tim League smells another docu winner. A full two months after its premiere in...

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2026 Cannes: Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard Selected for Cannes Premiere (!?)

There was no mention this morning for a film...

2026 Cannes: Mysius, Kreutzer, Harari, Grisebach, Herry, Bourgeois-Taquet Among New Faces in the Palme d’Or Comp

A competition section of (currently) twenty-one features with, according...

2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette

The Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and...
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