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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Chainsaws & Drumsticks: Interview with the Quinzaine’s Edouard Waintrop

Interviews

Eric Lavallée - May 15, 2014

What first caught my attention when Edouard Waintrop announced the make-up of the 46th edition of the Directors' Fortnight (also known as La Quinzaine)...

Cannes 2014 Day 1 Recap: Pink, Yellow and Definitely Blue — Grace of Monaco + Jury Duty

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - May 14, 2014

At the Cannes Film Festival we rest on the first day, not the seventh day. Traditionally the first Wednesday of the fest sees an...

Live from Cannes 2014: Meet Our Cannes Critics’ Panel

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - May 14, 2014

Jeez. Time sure does fly by. It's hard to fathom that we're now in year number four with our world film critic on the...

Cannes 2014 Derby: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep Tops Eric’s Palme d’Or Predictions

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - May 13, 2014

Jane Campion. Sofia Coppola. Jia Zhangke. Nicolas Winding Refn. If ever there was a competing year that favored a more "personalized" avant-garde cinema, this...

The Obvious Pair; Holm & Gillian Robespierre Prepare Divorce Proceedings at Oddlot

Indie Film News

Eric Lavallée - April 29, 2014

Among those crowned as the new indie queens at this year's Sundance, writing/director Gillian Robespierre and writer/producer Elisabeth Holm will, according to TheWrap, be...

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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.