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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Pearce and Pattinson in Pursuit of David Michod’s “The Rover”

Looks as if we're in a 48 hour Robert Pattinson news cycle. After the trades mentioned the actor was attached to Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's Mission:...

Cannes Critics’ Week Closes with Works from Tsai Ming-Liang and Joao Pedro Rodrigues

While the entire Cannes Film Festival offers orgasmic oeuvre for the true cinephile, the Critics' Week will close their 51st edition with a great...

Brainstorm Media Moves in with Solondz’s Dark Horse

With no interest from the IFCs, SPCs and the Magnolia Pictures of the business, Ted Hope has turned inwards to distribute Todd Solondz’s Dark Horse....

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An expert in the human condition, Nicole Holofcener is returning to a theme she knows best: relationship woes. One of the rare indie female...

Top 3 Critic’s Picks In Theaters this May: Zvyagintsev’s Elena, Trier’s Oslo, August 31st and Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s ‘A Woman’s Life’

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