Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on December 11, 2014

Hello everyone, I know I’ve been pretty silent these past weeks, but at work I’m involved in a great project of RM (records management for the initiated) and at home I’m working on the house and taking care of a little baby of six months is a lot of fun...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on December 3, 2014

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Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on December 2, 2014

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Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on November 7, 2014

Music Reviews : Wrekmeister Harmonies – Then It All Came Down (2014) This one track LP from Wrekmeister Harmonies, including many guests (Riley Walker, Chris Brokaw, Wrest, Lydia Lane Stout, Chanel Pease, Kate Spelling, Indian, Mark Solotroff) , feels like an album its creator wanted the   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on November 5, 2014

Music Review : Wolves In The Throne Room – Celestite (2014) This companion piece to Celestial Lineage, the near-masterpiece from these Washington state black metallers stating that they are not playing black metal but are obviously inspired by Ulver and Burzum’s decadent yet beautifu   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on November 4, 2014

Music Review : Alcest – Shelter (2014) Alcest takes his origins in black metal but slowly evolved into a shoegaze act playing on My Bloody Valentine’s field more than Burzum’s. The album Shelter is an entire dedication to trippy rock and shoegaze. Since Deafheaven’s Sunb   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 27, 2014

Caribou– Our Love (2014) Artist Dan Snaith’s Our Love release under the moniker Caribou, is another electronic/pop notable release of 2014. Being a metal monger before any other genre, I try to give a couple of listens to other major records to at least get a grasp of what is...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 23, 2014

The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985) A band of young boys find a treasure map and embark on a magical adventure. Strong from the succes of E.T. : the Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg who is credited as executive producer and for the story of The Goonies, went on to produce Gremlins, Poltergeis   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 20, 2014

Music Review : Deafheaven – Sunbather (2013, Deathwish Inc.) American Black Metal has gained respect since a few years and with the exception of Absu from Texas, few BM acts have been recognized as worth the genre. In the recent years, Nachtmystium has been respected with their revisits of P   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 17, 2014

La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995) After local youth Abdel is beaten unconscious by police, a riot ensues on his estate during which a policeman loses his gun. The gun is found by Vinz who threatens he will kill a cop if Abdel dies. This major hit from the wunderkind director...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 14, 2014

Gone Girl (David Fincher, 2014) With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent. With recent success with The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and most...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 13, 2014

Music Review : St. Vincent – St. Vincent (2014) I only knew this artist by name and it was one of the many Indie titles I’d have to get to sometime. However, since her passage on SNL in season finale of 2013-2014, I was intrigued by her new album and...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 8, 2014

Music Review : Voivod – Target Earth (2013) In french there’s a saying that : Nul n’est prophète en son pays. It could be translated to nobody is a prophet in his own country. Exactly the case for Voivod that has its origins in the Province of Québec. They always...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 7, 2014

Kes (Ken Loach, 1969) A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet falcon. Billy (David Bradley) is a fifteen years old boy abused by his half brother and ignored by his mother. He has no expectations of life, doesn’t like school and no...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 6, 2014

Music Review : Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance (2013) Being a fan of Darkthrone since their release of Soulside Journey, I dropped the ball when they changed genre after Sardonic Wrath. I was not ready to listen to crust-punk from a band that was crying out loud Unholy Black Metal....   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 3, 2014

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008) A fourth instalment of the franchise has been in the rumors for many years and even its director Spielberg himself thought he could produce and let the directing wheel to another younger filmmaker. He was thinking that h   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 2, 2014

Music Review : Madball – Hardcore Lives (2014) Started as a sideproject of Agnostic Front in 1990, Madball became one of the most respected band of Hardcore history. Setting the standard between the Old School and the New School and being more important than Hatebreed in the genre, Madba   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 1, 2014

Tabu (F.W. Murnau, 1931) The final film of the German master F. W. Murnau, Tabu is a tale of love and dedication of two lovers. Co-written with Robert J. Flaherty, the film was supposed to be an entire collaboration between the two directors. However, after directing the opening sequence Flahert   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on September 27, 2014

Music Review : Opeth – Pale Communion (2014) With their new opus the once Black Death metallers of Opeth have, since Heritage, turned completely into a progressive Rock outfit that can recall the best years of Camel, Genesis, Jethro Tull, and King Crimson just to name a few. Not that   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on September 26, 2014

Westworld (Michael Crichton, 1973) A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park. In a not so distant future, people are traveling to a remote setting where they can experiment the life of three distant past : the Old West,   read more