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Weekend Rental: Far From Heaven

Many people were wondering why Todd Haynes’ I’m not There wasn’t announced as part of Cannes’ selections – my guess is that sometimes personal matters take over. Long-time editor to Haynes, James Lyons passed away this week.

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Many people were wondering why Todd Haynes' I'm not There wasn't announced as part of Cannes' selections – my guess is that sometimes personal matters take over. Long-time film editor to Haynes, James Lyons passed away this week.

This weekend I suggest renting not Todd Haynes's best film (Safe) but perhaps James Lyons' best work – Far From Heaven. Lyons was a good friend to Haynes and many others in the Killer Films gang – and will be sorely missed.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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