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Movie Review : Reminiscence (2021)
Feb 22

Feb 22 Movie Review : Reminiscence (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Reminiscence is what happens when you want to explore themes without having to tell an actual story.

Album Review : Lorna Shore - ... And I Return to Nothingness (2021)
Feb 18

Feb 18 Album Review : Lorna Shore - ... And I Return to Nothingness (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

I’m usually not unto deathcore much, but this is wild. This needs to be listened to.

Movie Review : The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Feb 16

Feb 16 Movie Review : The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Joel Coen made Shakespeare cool again.

Revisionist Movie Review : American Psycho (2000)
Feb 14

Feb 14 Revisionist Movie Review : American Psycho (2000)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

This film aged ridiculously well. Almost too well for its own good.

#003 - The Bicycle Theft
Feb 12

Feb 12 #003 - The Bicycle Theft

Benoit Lelievre
Journals

Never be a dick to your own kid.

Classic Movie Review : The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Feb 11

Feb 11 Classic Movie Review : The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Shane Black is definitely a hall of fame screenwriter, but The Last Boy Scout is far from his best work.

Book Review : Chuck Palahniuk - The Invention of Sound (2020)
Feb 8

Feb 8 Book Review : Chuck Palahniuk - The Invention of Sound (2020)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

A book about song and a book about being passionate in a shitty world also.

Of Moral Relativism & the Engineering of Struggles
Feb 4

Feb 4 Of Moral Relativism & the Engineering of Struggles

Benoit Lelievre
Aphorism

Some brainier stuff that I’ve had on my mind about how the world works.

That F@%*ing Scene : Showdown in Old Newark
Feb 2

Feb 2 That F@%*ing Scene : Showdown in Old Newark

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

The Many Saints of Newark has the best shootout scene I’ve watched in recent years. Here’s what makes it work.

Classic Album Review : Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)
Jan 31

Jan 31 Classic Album Review : Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

A celebration of everything that is great about doing drugs.

Classic Movie Review : L.A Confidential (1997)
Jan 27

Jan 27 Classic Movie Review : L.A Confidential (1997)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

A great example of what makes a film noir work.

The Quiet, Unspeakable Joy of Mallsoft
Jan 25

Jan 25 The Quiet, Unspeakable Joy of Mallsoft

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Mallsoft is more than just repurposed elevator music. It’s akin to having a conversation with a ghost.

Book Review : David James Keaton - She Was Found in a Guitar Case (2021)
Jan 21

Jan 21 Book Review : David James Keaton - She Was Found in a Guitar Case (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Not the kind of book you choose. It’s the kind of book that chooses you.

Movie Review : The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
Jan 17

Jan 17 Movie Review : The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

It doesn’t matter what you think of The Sopranos. This is just a ridiculously good gangster movie.

#002 - Leaving Foreverland
Jan 16

Jan 16 #002 - Leaving Foreverland

Benoit Lelievre
Journals

I had purpose, respect and brotherhood, but I walked away from it all. It took me years to understand why.

Album Review : Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst (2021)
Jan 13

Jan 13 Album Review : Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

This album is everything you’ve been told it was and then some.

On Negative Space, adolescence and black metal: a conversation with B.R Yeager
Jan 11

Jan 11 On Negative Space, adolescence and black metal: a conversation with B.R Yeager

Benoit Lelievre
Conversations

I was so blown away by B.R Yeager’s Negative Space that I had to talk to him about it.

Movie Review : The Green Knight (2021)
Jan 7

Jan 7 Movie Review : The Green Knight (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

A medieval morality tale about the twenty-first century.

Movie Review : Don't Look Up (2021)
Jan 5

Jan 5 Movie Review : Don't Look Up (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Pretty bad at being funny, but pretty good at being serious.

#001 - Lousy Drinker
Jan 3

Jan 3 #001 - Lousy Drinker

Benoit Lelievre
Journals

It’s alright to be irresponsible sometimes if no one gets hurt.

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