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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Hobo with Shotgun Stories; Michael Pitt and Robinson Devor Team for Seminal Book “You Can’t Win” Screen Adaptation

Indie feature and docu helmer Robinson Devor will direct, while the extremely selective Michael Pitt will both star in and produce the seminal book...

Tribute to Claude Miller: Thérese Desqueyroux Closes this Year’s Cannes Film Festival

As we mentioned before, the Cannes Film Festival was going to figure out a way in which to honor some of their fallen comrades...

James Ponsoldt Gets Shailene Woodley Tipsey for “The Spectacular Now”

Shifting towards the more colorful item in what will undoubtedly be referred to as his "battling alcoholism trilogy", James Ponsoldt (who is coming off...

Strand Recruits Docu Ballplayer: Pelotero

What do Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Dominican baseball players have in common? Strand Releasing of course. The distributor have made a  successful play for theatrical...

Nacho Vigalondo’s “Extraterrestrial” Set to Hover into Theaters Via Focus World and Tugg

As Focus Features figures out how to make a buck with their new digital distribution initiative Focus World (a world cinema VOD and limited release...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo’s ‘The Black Ball’

Virtual unknowns in non-Spanish speaking markets, Javier Ambrossi and...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Ira Sachs’ ‘The Man I Love’

He has been owning Sundance since he premiered 1996...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Emmanuel Marre’s ‘Notre Salut’

A relative newcomer to cinema with only the co-directed...

The Man I Love | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

It is Seldom That a Dream Comes True: Sachs...
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