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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2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Eduardo Sanchez’s Exists

It claimed its cult-like status before it was released in theaters,  and was the talk of the fest much like Reservoir Dogs and Clerks...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Darius Clark Monroe’s Evolution of a Criminal

It's been a long journey for this docu debut to come to fruition, and we can only imagine it's been an even longer journey...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Amy Berg’s Every Secret Thing

Once programming announcements were complete for TIFF, my thinking was that all arrows pointed to Sundance programmers gobbling up Amy Berg's new direction in...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Mark Webber’s The Ever After

Not that it is shrouded in mystery, but Mark Webber has a distinct way of working that might be regarded Cassavetes-like for his realism...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Tristan Patterson’s Electric Slide

With heavy critical praise (we were huge fans of the film here on the site) his award-winning debut Dragonslayer (Grand Jury Prize Winner for...

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2026 Oscars: The Golden Globe Six Among the International Feature Shortlist

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