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The Best Albums of 2014
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 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 but also a lot of new respon read more
A History of Cinema in France
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 2, 2014
Produced by
Raffles read more
Music Reviews : Wrekmeister Harmonies – Then It All Came Down (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 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 w read more
Music Review : Wolves In The Throne Room – Celestite (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 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 bea read more
Music Review : Alcest – Shelter (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 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 read more
Music Review : Caribou– Our Love (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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
The Goonies
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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, Polte read more
Music Review : Deafheaven – Sunbather (2013)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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 read more
La Haine
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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 of the time in Fran read more
Gone Girl
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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 notably read more
Music Review : St. Vincent – St. Vincent (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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 its cover art directly read more
Music Review : Voivod – Target Earth (2013)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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 alway read more
Kes
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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 an read more
Music Review : Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance (2013)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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 Met read more
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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
Music Review : Madball – Hardcore Lives (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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, read more
Tabu (1931)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 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
Music Review : Opeth – Pale Communion (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Sep 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. read more
Westworld
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Sep 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 read more