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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Kelly Reilly Takes a Bite out of the Hilary Brougher Directed “Innocence”

Indie Film News

Eric Lavallée - April 26, 2012

We had lost sight of Hilary Brougher and for a while now, we lost sight of a project that we figured would be filming...

Hook Line and Sinker; Variance Teams with Spike Lee for “Red Hook Summer”

Indie Film News

Eric Lavallée - April 25, 2012

A full four months after it premiered in Park City to mostly thumbs down type reviews, Deadline reports that Spike Lee will be joining...

2012 Cannes Film Festival Jury: Helmers Andrea Arnold, Hiam Abbass, Alexander Payne and Raoul Peck Join Moretti

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - April 25, 2012

Five filmmakers in Alexander Payne, the Cannes loved Andrea Arnold, actress turned nouveau director Hiam Abbass (upcoming Inheritance, Jerusalem, I Love You) and Raoul Peck...

2012 Directors’ Fortnight includes Raoul Ruiz’s Final Film, Gondry Opener and Pablo Stoll, Pablo Larrain, Jaime Rosales and Ben Wheatley

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - April 24, 2012

One section's lose (Un Certain Regard) is indeed another section's gain. The Directors' Fortnight list of 21 films will begin with Michel Gondry's "The...

2012 Cannes Critics’ Week: Opens with “Broken”, Special Screenings from Alice Winocour and Sandrine Bonnaire

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - April 23, 2012

Earlier in the day, first term Charles Tesson delivered the lottery like news that a lucky ten films/filmmakers (out of a whopping 1200 submissions)...

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Interview: Théodore Pellerin – Unifrance 10 to Watch 2026 | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

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At the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, we got to...

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.