Steve Erickson
@callinamagician.bsky.social
Film and music critic, music producer, New Yorker. steeveecom.wordpress.com
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Cahiers du cinéma's best-of-2025 list includes Afternoons of Solitude, One Battle After Another, Miroirs No. 3, and Nouvelle Vague.
Cahiers du cinéma’s Top 10 Films of 2025 Includes Afternoons of Solitude, One Battle After Another, and Nouvelle Vague
I blinked once and it was time for end-of-2025 lists. Few things herald the onslaught quite so seriously as Cahiers du cinéma's annual countdown, which has characteristically mixed stateside favorites...
thefilmstage.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Cahiers du cinéma's best-of-2025 list includes Afternoons of Solitude, One Battle After Another, Miroirs No. 3, and Nouvelle Vague.
In @crooked-marquee.bsky.social , I reviewed Mamoru Oshii's 1987 THE RED SPECTACLES, opening in US theaters today: crookedmarquee.com/the-red-spec...
The Red Spectacles: A Brutal Cop Trapped By His Own Fantasies — Crooked Marquee
For a director who’s experienced great popular success, Mamoru Oshii is a remarkably eccentric artist. He’s lamented the fact that his live-actions films have
crookedmarquee.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In @crooked-marquee.bsky.social , I reviewed Mamoru Oshii's 1987 THE RED SPECTACLES, opening in US theaters today: crookedmarquee.com/the-red-spec...
A prime hallucination from Google's AI search results: "while he was not publicly known to be gay, he was an openly gay actor."
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A prime hallucination from Google's AI search results: "while he was not publicly known to be gay, he was an openly gay actor."
I covered the @docnycfest.bsky.social for Gay City News: gaycitynews.com/doc-nyc-fest...
DOC NYC festival offers real-life stories about female filmmakers, a trans lawyer, and Latinx advocates
As American media bends the knee to the far right, documentaries have turned into a vital alternative to corporate news. A vast expanse of nonfiction
gaycitynews.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I covered the @docnycfest.bsky.social for Gay City News: gaycitynews.com/doc-nyc-fest...
Follow the crocodile to my latest "Radio Not Radio" show, featuring sets devoted to the guitar and punk, followed by an hour of hard-to-classify music. www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
11/16/2025 "Radio Not Radio"
www.mixcloud.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Follow the crocodile to my latest "Radio Not Radio" show, featuring sets devoted to the guitar and punk, followed by an hour of hard-to-classify music. www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
Sen. Schumer's Washington, DC. office number is (202)224-6542. If you're angry about his Republican-lite behavior, leave a message asking him to resign. Who knows if it'll do any good, but he needs to get the hell out of politics.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Sen. Schumer's Washington, DC. office number is (202)224-6542. If you're angry about his Republican-lite behavior, leave a message asking him to resign. Who knows if it'll do any good, but he needs to get the hell out of politics.
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I reviewed Radu Jude's DRACULA: artsfuse.org/319698/film-...
Film Review: Radu Jude's "Dracula" - Suck it to Us - The Arts Fuse
Like other Eastern European artists, Radu Jude is at his best channeling his anger through dark comedy.
artsfuse.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I reviewed Radu Jude's DRACULA: artsfuse.org/319698/film-...
For Gay City News, I wrote about Ira Sachs' PETER HUJAR'S DAY: gaycitynews.com/peter-hujars...
‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ takes a trip back to New York’s gay arts scene in 1974
Gay director Ira Sachs’ “Peter Hujar’s Day” lands closer to a theatrical monologue than the feature-length film it is. Made with just two actors on one set,
gaycitynews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
For Gay City News, I wrote about Ira Sachs' PETER HUJAR'S DAY: gaycitynews.com/peter-hujars...
In @slantmagazine.com , I wrote about Rosalia's ambitious new album LUX: www.slantmagazine.com/music/rosali...
Rosalia 'Lux' Review: A Challenging, Transcendent Pop Symphony
The album rewards patience as you luxuriate in the breadth of the singer’s world.
www.slantmagazine.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
In @slantmagazine.com , I wrote about Rosalia's ambitious new album LUX: www.slantmagazine.com/music/rosali...
For my November music roundup in Gay City News, I reviewed the Hüsker Dü box set 1985: THE MIRACLE YEAR and the compilation ALL THINGS GO: 10 YEARS: gaycitynews.com/november-lgb...
November LGBTQ music: ‘All Things Go’ festival & Hüsker Dü
This month, Gay City News reviews a compilation from the LGBTQ-friendly All Things Go festival and a box set by the punk band Hüsker Dü. Guitarist Bob Mould
gaycitynews.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For my November music roundup in Gay City News, I reviewed the Hüsker Dü box set 1985: THE MIRACLE YEAR and the compilation ALL THINGS GO: 10 YEARS: gaycitynews.com/november-lgb...
Reposted by Steve Erickson
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
On my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio," take a flight to Triton with mystical metal, KAPUTT-core, a sad Laura Branigan cover, the shortest song I've ever played, and more! Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
11/2/2025 "Radio Not Radio"
Take a flight to Triton with mystical metal, KAPUTT-core, a Laura Branigan cover, the shortest song I've ever played, and more!
www.mixcloud.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
On my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio," take a flight to Triton with mystical metal, KAPUTT-core, a sad Laura Branigan cover, the shortest song I've ever played, and more! Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social 's November "Short Fuses" column, I reviewed CRRDR's LATINCORE LEGEND and Holy Sons' PURITAN THEMES. (Scroll down to "Popular Music.") Link here: artsfuse.org/319292/novem...
November Short Fuses — Materia Critica - The Arts Fuse
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
artsfuse.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social 's November "Short Fuses" column, I reviewed CRRDR's LATINCORE LEGEND and Holy Sons' PURITAN THEMES. (Scroll down to "Popular Music.") Link here: artsfuse.org/319292/novem...
BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER (pt. 2):
THE MASTERMIND (Kelly Reichardt)
ROOM TEMPERATURE (Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley)
STICKS AND BONES (Robert Downey, Sr.)
TESTAMENT (John Akomfrah)
THE MASTERMIND (Kelly Reichardt)
ROOM TEMPERATURE (Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley)
STICKS AND BONES (Robert Downey, Sr.)
TESTAMENT (John Akomfrah)
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER (pt. 2):
THE MASTERMIND (Kelly Reichardt)
ROOM TEMPERATURE (Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley)
STICKS AND BONES (Robert Downey, Sr.)
TESTAMENT (John Akomfrah)
THE MASTERMIND (Kelly Reichardt)
ROOM TEMPERATURE (Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley)
STICKS AND BONES (Robert Downey, Sr.)
TESTAMENT (John Akomfrah)
BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER (part 1):
ANIARA (Hugo Lilja & Pella Kagerman)
THE CALL OF MIST (John Akomfrah)
GERDY, THE WICKED WITCH (Ljubomir Simunic)
GOWILLOG (various directors; billy woods visual album)
HAJJI WASHINGTON (Ali Hatami)
ANIARA (Hugo Lilja & Pella Kagerman)
THE CALL OF MIST (John Akomfrah)
GERDY, THE WICKED WITCH (Ljubomir Simunic)
GOWILLOG (various directors; billy woods visual album)
HAJJI WASHINGTON (Ali Hatami)
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER (part 1):
ANIARA (Hugo Lilja & Pella Kagerman)
THE CALL OF MIST (John Akomfrah)
GERDY, THE WICKED WITCH (Ljubomir Simunic)
GOWILLOG (various directors; billy woods visual album)
HAJJI WASHINGTON (Ali Hatami)
ANIARA (Hugo Lilja & Pella Kagerman)
THE CALL OF MIST (John Akomfrah)
GERDY, THE WICKED WITCH (Ljubomir Simunic)
GOWILLOG (various directors; billy woods visual album)
HAJJI WASHINGTON (Ali Hatami)
Thank you to the high school teacher who showed our class THE WAR GAME: www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
Peter Watkins obituary: radical British filmmaker behind The War Game and Punishment Park
The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90.
www.bfi.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thank you to the high school teacher who showed our class THE WAR GAME: www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
August Fanon and billy woods dropped a remixed version of woods' album GOLLIWOG today. Woods has also made a visual album to accompany it, integrating music videos, animation and heavily re-edited films: vimeo.com/1132256781
August Fanon & billy woods - gowillog
Get gowillog on VHS, VINYL or CD @ bwdz.net/gowillog It’s glaring, gnashing teeth before the bite. It’s furtive glances and heart palpitations. It’s…
vimeo.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
August Fanon and billy woods dropped a remixed version of woods' album GOLLIWOG today. Woods has also made a visual album to accompany it, integrating music videos, animation and heavily re-edited films: vimeo.com/1132256781
For Gay City News, I reviewed LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS: gaycitynews.com/lesbian-spac...
‘Lesbian Space Princess’: A delightful animated sci-fi comedy
While we’re thankfully past the trend of period pieces about lesbians suffering tragically, humor’s played a limited role in current queer cinema, despite
gaycitynews.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
For Gay City News, I reviewed LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS: gaycitynews.com/lesbian-spac...