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Dead End Follies A place for those who are never bored
Movie Review : Woman of the Hour (2023)
Jan 8

Jan 8 Movie Review : Woman of the Hour (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

A smart, non-preachy feminist movie about gendered violence? Yep, this exists.

Movie Review : Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Jan 6

Jan 6 Movie Review : Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

This is not the movie you've been told it is.

Movie Review : Anora (2024)
Jan 2

Jan 2 Movie Review : Anora (2024)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Finally someone wrote a character who's the walking, human equivalent to money.

Don't Be Boring. Don't Settle For Boring
Dec 31

Dec 31 Don't Be Boring. Don't Settle For Boring

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

Just don’t. I won’t be myself, I promise.

The Larry Prater Awards
Dec 27

Dec 27 The Larry Prater Awards

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

A comprehensive list of every winner of the Larry Prater Awards for Best Read and Best Viewing.

2024 Larry Prater Award for Best Read
Dec 25

Dec 25 2024 Larry Prater Award for Best Read

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging
2024 Larry Prater Award for Best Viewing
Dec 23

Dec 23 2024 Larry Prater Award for Best Viewing

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

The 2024 Award for Best Viewing was self-evident. Sometimes better is just better.

Book Review : Don DeLillo - The Silence (2020)
Dec 20

Dec 20 Book Review : Don DeLillo - The Silence (2020)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

This is a sad book for sad intellectual boys and I happen to be one.

Album Review : Pillar of Light - Caldera (2024)
Dec 17

Dec 17 Album Review : Pillar of Light - Caldera (2024)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

The best band no one’s ever heard about.

How Khanate Became The Most Terrifying Band in Music (A Conversation with Alan Dubin)
Dec 13

Dec 13 How Khanate Became The Most Terrifying Band in Music (A Conversation with Alan Dubin)

Benoit Lelievre
Conversations

A portrait of the boogeymen of extreme metal.

Album Review : Slayer - Christ Illusion (2006)
Dec 11

Dec 11 Album Review : Slayer - Christ Illusion (2006)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

A record half-demonic, half-mailed in.

Nominations for the 2024 Larry Prater Awards
Dec 9

Dec 9 Nominations for the 2024 Larry Prater Awards

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

It’s this time of the year where we reward the best of the best.

Classic Movie Review : Prozac Nation (2001)
Dec 5

Dec 5 Classic Movie Review : Prozac Nation (2001)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews
D-Train and Positive Masculinity
Dec 3

Dec 3 D-Train and Positive Masculinity

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

There’s more than one way to be a man.

Book Review : Christopher Zeischegg - The Magician (2020)
Nov 29

Nov 29 Book Review : Christopher Zeischegg - The Magician (2020)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews
Classic Movie Review : Fight Club (1999)
Nov 27

Nov 27 Classic Movie Review : Fight Club (1999)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

It aged even better than fine wine. It aged like freakin’ bourbon.

A Subjective History of Alternative Metal
Nov 25

Nov 25 A Subjective History of Alternative Metal

Benoit Lelievre
Essays, Long-Ass Reads
Album Review : Full of Hell & Andrew Nolan - Scraping the Divine (2024)
Nov 21

Nov 21 Album Review : Full of Hell & Andrew Nolan - Scraping the Divine (2024)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews
Book Review : Olga Ravn - The Employees (2018)
Nov 19

Nov 19 Book Review : Olga Ravn - The Employees (2018)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

It’s rare that I say this, but 130something pages is the perfect length for such an oddball novel.

Book Review : Sofia Ajram - Coup de Grâce (2024)
Nov 15

Nov 15 Book Review : Sofia Ajram - Coup de Grâce (2024)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

This is going to make some of you feel uncomfortable.

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