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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2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #10. Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter)

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Eric Lavallée - January 15, 2014

Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”... Nathan Zellner: Computer Chess, more Claire Denis, MySpace. Lavallee: Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter is based on...

2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #9. Zeresenay Berhane Mehari (Difret)

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Eric Lavallée - January 15, 2014

Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”... Zeresenay Berhane Mehari: The Master (P.T. Anderson), Half of a Yellow Sun (Novel, Chimamanda Adichie),...

2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #8. Jonny Mars (Hellion)

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Eric Lavallée - January 15, 2014

Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”… Jonny Mars: 1. Wendy Davis. 2. I AM NOT A HIPSTER. 3. ENLIGHTENED the series Lavallee:...

2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #7. Earl Lynn Nelson (Land Ho!)

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Eric Lavallée - January 15, 2014

Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”... Earl Lynn Nelson: Favorite Recording Group – The Eagles; Favorite song by Van Morris –...

2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #6. Lucas Joaquin (Love is Strange)

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Eric Lavallée - January 14, 2014

Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”... Joaquin: 1. My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard - earlier this year I read this...

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

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The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.