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Dead End Follies A place for those who are never bored
Movie Review : Infinity Pool (2023)
Mar 29

Mar 29 Movie Review : Infinity Pool (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

It's not just all tits and blood. There's an engine under that hood.

Movie Review : The Whale (2022)
Mar 27

Mar 27 Movie Review : The Whale (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Hey Darren Aronofsky! You suck.

Book Review : Lucas Mangum - Saint Sadist (2019)
Mar 24

Mar 24 Book Review : Lucas Mangum - Saint Sadist (2019)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Lucas Mangum is your favourite author's favourite author.

Book Review : Dan Ozzi - Sellout (2021)
Mar 20

Mar 20 Book Review : Dan Ozzi - Sellout (2021)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

A book on punk rock history that isn't really about punk rock.

Classic Album Review : Eyehategod - Take As Needed for Pain (1993)
Mar 18

Mar 18 Classic Album Review : Eyehategod - Take As Needed for Pain (1993)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

This very relatable shambolic nightmare turns 30 in 2023.

Movie Review : Bones & All (2022)
Mar 14

Mar 14 Movie Review : Bones & All (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

A cannibal love story seems like a silly idea, but Bones & All is not silly at all. It's great.

A Comprehensive Guide to Heavy Metal Genres for Non-Metalheads
Mar 10

Mar 10 A Comprehensive Guide to Heavy Metal Genres for Non-Metalheads

Benoit Lelievre
Long-Ass Reads

Welcome to the one stop shop for metal knowledge intended for normies.

Book Review : Shelly Lyons - Like Real (2023)
Mar 8

Mar 8 Book Review : Shelly Lyons - Like Real (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

A non-preachy cyberpunk novel about body dysmorphia? Sign me up.

Movie Review : The Fabelmans (2022)
Mar 6

Mar 6 Movie Review : The Fabelmans (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Steven Spielberg is just an old man talking to himself at this point, but he's great at it.

Movie Review : Cocaine Bear (2023)
Mar 2

Mar 2 Movie Review : Cocaine Bear (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Cocaine Bear is the perfect movie to see with your MAGA uncle and your vegan little sister without starting a conflict.

Album Review : Remote Viewing - Modern Addictions (2023)
Feb 28

Feb 28 Album Review : Remote Viewing - Modern Addictions (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

British artists are very good at music and Remote Viewing is great at sludge metal

Peaky Blinders :  Understanding the Magnetic Mr. Shelby
Feb 24

Feb 24 Peaky Blinders : Understanding the Magnetic Mr. Shelby

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Where I explain why the protagonist of Peaky Blinders is not just a sigma male.

Movie Review : Fall (2022)
Feb 22

Feb 22 Movie Review : Fall (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

This movie is too excruciatingly funny not to like.

Movie Review : The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Feb 20

Feb 20 Movie Review : The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Goddamn it. This was not just a metaphor for Irish Civil War, wasn't it?

Book Review : Cormac McCarthy - Stella Maris (2022)
Feb 16

Feb 16 Book Review : Cormac McCarthy - Stella Maris (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

What if I told you Stella Maris is even better than The Passenger?

Book Review : Cormac McCarthy - The Passenger (2022)
Feb 14

Feb 14 Book Review : Cormac McCarthy - The Passenger (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Yes, it was absolutely worth waiting sixteen years for.

#011 - Voices of Despair
Feb 10

Feb 10 #011 - Voices of Despair

Benoit Lelievre
Journals
Album Review : Ether - Hymns of Failure (2015)
Feb 8

Feb 8 Album Review : Ether - Hymns of Failure (2015)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

The best DSBM band you don’t already know.

Movie Review : Tár (2022)
Feb 6

Feb 6 Movie Review : Tár (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Tár is nearly 160 minutes of classical music, ideological conversation and narcissism, but it's good. I promise.

On Head Cleaner, VHS Tapes and Self-Hatred, a Conversation with David James Keaton
Feb 2

Feb 2 On Head Cleaner, VHS Tapes and Self-Hatred, a Conversation with David James Keaton

Benoit Lelievre
Conversations

I talked to David James Keaton for the release of his new book. He’s appropriately weird.

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