Ghostbusters Vs. Ghostbusters Pelican15 July 2016 "Well, here’s the verdict: Ghostbusters 2016 is better than Ghostbusters 1984. (Hear that? That’s the sound of a million nerd heads exploding.)" Jaymes Durante breaking dumb fanboy hearts and minds. Film and ProductionVoice0 Comments16 views
Interview: Rolf de Heer on Miles Davis & “Dingo” (1991) Pelican14 March 2016 "Yeah, he did see a final print. He sat in the back corner of the theatrette, with his jacket over his head, and gradually and gradually he peeked out from under it, and by the end, half his face was exposed. So he was sort of looking at it by then. He was very, very nervous about his own performance." Jaymes Durante interviews Dutch Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer on his 1991 film 'Dingo', starring Miles Davis and Colin Friels. Film and ProductionVoice0 Comments502 views
For Your Commiseration: An Antidote to #OscarsSoWhite Pelican27 February 2016 "Let us be clear. The Academy has a diversity problem. The film industry has a diversity crisis." In the run-up to the whitewashed 2016 Oscars, Jaymes Durante writes about the persistent and overwhelming lack of representation within the big-budget film industry, and the (mostly) old white men that keep it that way. Film and Production0 Comments14 views
4 Review: Brooklyn Pelican23 February 2016 Brooklyn, about voyages across physical seas and oceans of sentiment, is so refreshingly amorous to the eye and the heart that I could easily consider it radical. Jaymes Durante reviews. Film and Production0 Comments27 views
Vale, David Bowie: You Changed Us Pelican11 January 2016 David Bowie’s role in music was one of the weightiest to ever come careening into western culture as we know it today. His death, concluding a concealed 18-m... Music0 Comments31 views
