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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Correction: ‘Celeste and Jesse’ Still Searching for Male Lead

Perhaps we'll be seeing the comic timing of In Bruges' Colin Farrell in a 2009 Black List script that appears to be nearing a production start date. Seth Gordon who has moved into a career split between docs films with a funny bone and studio comedies (upcoming Horrible Bosses) was recently tied up to direct, and Farrell might topline the what is being called a romantic dramady in Celeste and Jesse Forever. An April start date is apparently the aim.

Film in Pictures: Julie Delpy’s 2 Days in New York

We've got some stills that were readied in time for Berlin's EFM for the much anticipated Julie Delpy directed sequel, 2 Days in New York (we put it high up on our must see list for 2011). In the pics below, you have Delpy acting opposite Dylan Baker and Chris Rock. The big question is: which film festival will the film preem at?

FilmDistrict Not ‘Afraid Of The Dark’

After finding another distribution to share in the risk of releasing Last Night and passing off The Debt to Focus, the "new" Miramax company is in risk sharing mode on another delayed title in Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark. The horror flick will receive an August 12th release via FilmDistrict and Miramax.

SPC is the Chosen Place of Worship for Farmiga’s ‘Higher Ground’

Despite the crazy mount of sales that took place, this pikc-up acts as a reminder that not all Sundance Film Festival titles were picked up before Day 11. One such title, the U.S Dramatic Competition selected Higher Ground has found a home with adult cinephile audience specialist Sony Pictures Classics -- a great fit for a film that I think many would agree was inoffensive, but far from tone-deaf as Vera Farmiga managed to give this decades-spanning tale an authentic charm that challenges notions of faith and religion in a manner that is far from Hallmark Card-ish.

Aaron Katz’s Top 10 Films of All-Time

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. This month we feature Aaron Katz [Cold Weather 02.04]. Here are his Top 10 Films of All Time as of February 2011.

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