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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Inside the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Day 6: Eric Khoo’s Tatsumi

After previously presenting Be with Me (2005) and My Magic (2008), for his third film on the Croisette, Eric Khoo brings an homage piece...

Inside the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Day 6: Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life

Despite not knowing how the festival will play out, Monday, May the 16th is when the highlight of the 2011 edition premiered and the...

2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Bertrand Bonello’s L’Apollonide House of Tolerance

Naturally the most polarizing film of the Main Competition film so far would come from Bertrand Bonello. L'Apollonide House of Tolerance is his return back into the Main Comp since 2003's Tiresia.

2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life

It has been in the works since the last 70's, and was very close to making last year's line-up but producers mention that the film just wasn't quite ready, so the most anticipated film at this year's Cannes has landed...and according to the panel, depending on who you ask, it may or may not be Terrence Malick's greatest achievement. Here's a partial set of grades for The Tree of Life and an equal amount of first reactions to Bonello's L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) appears to have played well to French critics but was pretty much slammed by the international critics.

Inside the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Day 5: Sean Durkin’s (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene was the first of the two back-to-back Fox Searchlight titles showing at the festival this year -- the...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival – Checklist of Our Reviews

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Winners – Un Certain Regard [Video]

The jury of Leila Bekhti and peers Thomas Cailley,...
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