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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Revisiting Haneke, Pol Pot Plus Panic on Day 5: Live From the 48th Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival

The second of the “Carte Blanche” double bills began with The Last 15, Antonio Campos’ sophomore short film which followed in the footsteps of...

Day 4 Treats With Variety’s Ten Euro Directors to Watch: 48th Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival

A crushing or mediocre review from this film trade magazine institution can certainly sink a film, but Variety's Ten Euro Directors to Watch (now...

Youth Portraits from Michiel ten Horn & Rafael Ouellet: Day 3 Live From the 48th Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival

A cartooned Robin Wright is how I started Day 3 with the early morning screening of The Congress, Ari Folman ambitious Directors' Fortnight opening film...

Schatzberg & Borderline Films Feted on Day 2: Live From the 48th Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival

Aside from quality projections, there is nothing that arouses me more during a festival than to get the feeling of communal caring for the...

Czech Please…Live From the 48th Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival

2013 has been an epic year for me in terms of film festival attendance. Along with my habitual movie-watching feasts of Park City (Sundance)...

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