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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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....

Louis-Dreyfus Has Affair with Gandolfini; Holofcener Teams with Fox Searchlight for her 5th Feature Film

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

U.S. indie, foreign and documentary films typically take a back seat in the month of May, as major studios offer a weekly flurry of...

Tribeca Film Get Custody on “For Ellen”

A good four months since its back to back Sundance and Berlin Film Festival premieres, So Yong Kim has finally secured a U.S theatrical/VOD release...

Garden of “Eden”; Mia Hansen-Love Caught in French House Explosion

Currently on the U.K press tour stint for Goodbye First Love (read our review), The Observer (via ThePlaylist) have got more details on the...

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Interview: Marine Atlan – La Gravida | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

This year, the Critics' Week gifted us a feature...

Interview: Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Making his second splash in Cannes after seeing his...

Interview: Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Set within a tightly knit Bedouin community in Lebanon,...
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