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Book Review : Lauren Beukes - The Shining Girls (2013)
Jul 18

Jul 18 Book Review : Lauren Beukes - The Shining Girls (2013)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

The Shining Girls features a time-traveling murder house, which sounds cool until you realize it’s mostly there to make plot holes feel intentional.

Movie Review : The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)
Jul 16

Jul 16 Movie Review : The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

The Blackcoat’s Daughter is the kind of slow-burn horror that sneaks up on you, like a ghoulish text from your ex at 2 AM, impossible to ignore and even harder to explain.

The Long Hard Road Into Nothing (Or How The Internet Killed Marilyn Manson)
Jul 14

Jul 14 The Long Hard Road Into Nothing (Or How The Internet Killed Marilyn Manson)

Benoit Lelievre
Essays, Long-Ass Reads

Marilyn Manson is dead. Now it’s just Brian Warner dressing up as your goth older brother who’s never gotten over Bauhaus.

Classic Album Review : Cryptopsy - None So Vile (1996)
Jul 10

Jul 10 Classic Album Review : Cryptopsy - None So Vile (1996)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

You don’t get two None So Viles. You should be happy it exists and that it changed everything.

Movie Review : A Dark Song (2016)
Jul 8

Jul 8 Movie Review : A Dark Song (2016)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

One of the bleakest movies about grief, magic, and trusting the worst Airbnb host imaginable.

Movie Review : Kill List (2011)
Jul 4

Jul 4 Movie Review : Kill List (2011)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Ben Wheatley’s Kill List doesn’t scare you with what it shows, it scares you with what it tricks you into seeing.

Book Review : Sally Rooney - Intermezzo (2024)
Jul 3

Jul 3 Book Review : Sally Rooney - Intermezzo (2024)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Intermezzo flirts with emotional depth, but keeps ghosting its own potential.

A Subjective History of Post-Metal
Jul 2

Jul 2 A Subjective History of Post-Metal

Benoit Lelievre
Essays, Long-Ass Reads

For those who want their metal slow, loud, emotionally ruinous and occasionally French.

In The Beginning, There Was Sound: A Conversation With Anju Singh
Jun 29

Jun 29 In The Beginning, There Was Sound: A Conversation With Anju Singh

Benoit Lelievre
Conversations

Anju Singh’s music won’t comfort you, but it might change how you listen forever.

Album Review : Cryptopsy - An Insatiable Violence (2025)
Jun 23

Jun 23 Album Review : Cryptopsy - An Insatiable Violence (2025)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Thirty-three minutes of self-inflicted psychic damage and you’ll ask for another serving.

Movie Review : The Monkey (2025)
Jun 19

Jun 19 Movie Review : The Monkey (2025)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

The Monkey is what happens when daddy issues, cursed antiques, and one very committed wind-up toy team up to ruin your whole bloodline.

Classic Movie Review : Primer (2004)
Jun 17

Jun 17 Classic Movie Review : Primer (2004)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Time travel for people who think therapy is for quitters.

Book Review : Jonathan Franzen - Crossroads (2021)
Jun 13

Jun 13 Book Review : Jonathan Franzen - Crossroads (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

What if God existed, but only to make your family resent you more?

Album Review : Steve Von Till - Alone in a World of Wounds (2025)
Jun 11

Jun 11 Album Review : Steve Von Till - Alone in a World of Wounds (2025)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Some records scream to be heard; this one waits for you to get quiet enough to notice it.

Movie Review : Mickey 17 (2025)
Jun 9

Jun 9 Movie Review : Mickey 17 (2025)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

What happens when a great director stops needing a reason to say something?

The Self-Exorcism of Craig Clevenger
Jun 6

Jun 6 The Self-Exorcism of Craig Clevenger

Benoit Lelievre
Conversations, Long-Ass Reads

I wrote a bad review of Craig Clevenger’s latest novel. He answered. Then we met. Was Literaryville really too small for two aging, sensitive dudes?

Book Review : Eryk Pruitt - Something Bad Wrong (2023)
Jun 3

Jun 3 Book Review : Eryk Pruitt - Something Bad Wrong (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews
A Subjective History of Metalcore
May 31

May 31 A Subjective History of Metalcore

Benoit Lelievre
Long-Ass Reads, Essays
Album Review : Youth Code - Yours, With Malice (2025)
May 26

May 26 Album Review : Youth Code - Yours, With Malice (2025)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

You’ll pretend it’s about the beat, but this EP know what you’re really feeling.

Movie Review : The Accountant 2 (2025)
May 26

May 26 Movie Review : The Accountant 2 (2025)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Pew! Pew! Accounting!

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