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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2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: John Carney’s Can A Song Save Your Life?

His 2006 true-life fairytale swooned Sundance audiences picking up the Audience Award World Cinema - Dramatic Competition and then Best Song at the Oscars....

2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Alexandre Moors’ Blue Caprice

If Sundance's principle mission is to showcase future filmmaking talent, then they'll probably want to stamp their film fest laurels on this French born,...

2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Lance Edmands’ Bluebird

Not Robert Redford or any Sundance programmer for that matter would admit to it, but their are certain characteristics that make for the quintessential...

2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: David Posamentier and Geoff Moore’s Better Living Through Chemistry

Another pair of first-time directors working from a Blacklist screenplay (number 13 on the 2010) and with a parka friendly clan of four frequent...

2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight

He outfitted the festival with his debut film Slacker ('91 Sundance), and a pair of films nearly a decade later (Waking Life and Tape)...

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Children of the Monkey (I figli della scimmia) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Favorited Son: Landucci Looks at How Love Can...

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Holy War: Mahershala Ali Unleashes Fatherly Vengeance Your Mother Your...

Back to Buenos Aires | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Doctor and the Devils: Bechis Explores the Agony...

A Bit of Light | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Under the Cherry Moon: Asgari Lets the Sun Shine...
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