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:

Review: Attack the Block

This balance between coming-of-age and sci-fi gives the film a distinct tone, one that doesn’t overwhelm but immerses the viewer in a specific world, one with its own rules and obligations, much like that of adolescence.

Review: The Trip

"An issue arises when the distinction between what we are supposed to take as real and what we know is staged becomes muddy, though we still accept it because the suspension of disbelief makes it that much more entertaining. In Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip, this model is adopted and the result is fair to middling."

Attack the Block | Review

London Inner-city Kids save the World from aliens in British comedian Joe Cornish’s debut

Review: Life in a Day

"At times, what could be powerful and poignant comes across as gimmicky and manipulative. In the ‘what do you fear?’ section especially the film begins to preach, to distort the meaning of images in their juxtaposition with others. An anthemic score changes the weight of a scene and gives it undue gravitas, overstating its case. However, this portion of the film is a rare misstep and the editing is consistently motivated and often moving."

Life in a Day | Review

Everyday Filmmakers of the World Band Together

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