Eric Lavallée

9182 POSTS
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).

Exclusive articles:

Sundance 2014: Colangelo, Shelton, Corbijn, Winterbottom, Araki & Gareth Evans Among 16 V.I.Ps

The Sundance Film Festival made their final feature film line-ups with the Premieres category announcements. Sixteen films with huge name talent, returnee filmmakers and...

Sundance 2014: A.J. Edwards’ The Better Angels Leads Fivesome of New Frontier Offerings

I honestly had very little to go one when I added A.J. Edwards' The Better Angels to my predictions list and the fact that...

Proposition 8: Jeremy Saulnier & Richard Ayoade Among Sundance Spotlight Films

Sundance's Spotlight section works as a sampling of quality items that dug their knees in the sand of the Croisette, or hit the asphalt...

Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead) & Adam Wingard (The Guest) Make Return to Park City at Midnight Section

I had a hunch that Cooties (read here) and Adam Wingard's The Guest (read here) might make it into what appears to be a...

Sundance 2014: Stuart Murdoch’s God Help the Girl & Hong Khaou’s Lilting Top Dozen World Dramatic Comp Items

It's among the two sections that we usually don't put much focus on (yes, we love subtitles, but we're more concerned, naturally more inclined...

Breaking

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Marie Kreutzer’s ‘Gentle Monster’

From Austria, Marie Kreutzer breaks into the Palme d'Or...

Gentle Monster | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Children’s Hour: Kreutzer Poses Provocative Dilemmas The complex trappings...

All of a Sudden | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Of Human Bondage: Hamaguchi Highlights Humanity in Quiet Drama In...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden

The second Japanese filmmaker to premiere in the competition...
spot_imgspot_img