Jesse Klein

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Jesse Klein (MFA in Film and Video Production from The University of Texas at Austin) is a Montreal-born filmmaker and writer. His first feature film, Shadowboxing, (RVCQ '10, Lone Star Film Festival '10) . As well as contributing to IONCINEMA, he is the senior contributor to This Recording and writes for ION Magazine and Hammer to Nail. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (All About My Mother), Coen Bros. (Fargo), Dardenne Bros. (Rosetta), Haneke (The White Ribbon), Hsiao-Hsien (Flowers of Shanghai), Kar-wai (In The Mood For Love), Kiarostami (Close-Up), Lynch (Blue Velvet), Tarantino (Jackie Brown), Van Sant (To Die For), von Trier (Breaking The Waves)

Exclusive articles:

Gimme the Loot | Review

A Bronx Tale: Leon Crafts Subtly Observed Day in the Life In young relationships different emotions mingle and conflate, complicating our roles, blurring how we...

SXSW Interview: Adele Romanski (Leave Me Like You Found Me)

Starting off as an editor, Adele Romanski went on to produce a number of well-received indies, among them The Myth of the American Sleepover,...

Review: Pavilion

"In Pavilion, Sutton quietly watches Max and his friends and though the results are subtle, at times too subtle, they’re more often revealing; the kids often say very little, but in their blank stares they say a lot. He observes the kids and lets them interact freely, lets them be themselves, and in so doing captures the enormity of the tiny wins and losses that make up teenage life."

Pavilion | Review

In PAVILION, Sutton quietly watches Max and his friends and though the results are subtle, at times too subtle, they’re more often revealing; Sutton captures the enormity of the tiny wins and losses that make up teenage life.

Interview with Olly Alexander & Alison Bagnall (The Dish & the Spoon)

In Alison Bagnall’s The Dish & the Spoon, Rose (Greta Gerwig) and The Boy (Olly Alexander), both desperate for love and companionship, amble through a relationship they are scared to define for fear they may burst the balloon of their imagined world. In empty summer homes, abandoned lighthouses, in period costumes and in drag, the two play out their fantasies: though soon their actions become fraught with real feelings.

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