Jesse McLean

About Jesse McLean

Reviews

Clandestinos

This film stands in the very middle of the politics and art convergence. Neither side is well served. [9 December 2008]

House, M.D.: Season Four

How much change is enough? Elementary, my dear Wilson. [30 September 2008]

Television Under the Swastika

“Always leave them wanting more” is not an admirable aspiration for documentary filmmakers, but an unpardonable sin. [5 September 2008]

WR: Mysteries of the Organism

A time capsule of boomer radicalism, sex, politics, orgone accumulation and bad poetry. [13 August 2008]

Diva - Meridian Collection

This is a film that, despite its pleasures, is best remembered for what it inspired rather than what it accomplished. [3 July 2008]

Rhythm Thief

This film exhibits an odd timelessness, a historical limbo that mirrors the weightlessness of characters fettered by economic and imaginative poverty. [11 June 2008]

Khadak

Whether in the frozen tundra or the desolate ennui of an industrial village, spirits may take flight but there is no doubt that the laws of gravity apply. [18 April 2008]

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

A biography more interested with the whiff of scandal (or even creating it) than documenting the process, survival and impact of an artist dedicated to pursing his vision of the world. [16 April 2008]