Nothing is more linear than a street; nothing has a more fixed beginning, middle, and end. Steve Erickson beginendfix Change image and share on social
The witch-hunting McCarthy era found Hollywood's view of the press growing bleaker along with the decade's view of everything else. Steve Erickson bleakdecadeera Change image and share on social
All of Wes Anderson's films are confections, memoirs created in cinematic snow globes, with the subtext that memory is the most extraordinary confection of all. Steve Erickson andersoncinematicconfection Change image and share on social
When television captured the popular imagination of the 1950s, a rash of movies satirized Hollywood while also mythologizing it. Steve Erickson 1950scapturehollywood Change image and share on social
Drawing the desperate and the adrift, Los Angeles has long been the dumping ground of dreams both real and cinematic. Steve Erickson adriftangelescinematic Change image and share on social
In 1957's 'There's No You,' Sinatra is suspended at the intersection of a loss he can't face and a memory he can't relinquish. Steve Erickson faceintersectionloss Change image and share on social
Walt Disney had a nuclear imagination before the advent of nuclear, some comprehension of apocalypse and rapture deep in his genes. Steve Erickson adventapocalypsecomprehension Change image and share on social
Taking place in some Nordic-looking hinterland where all the seasons are out of whack, 'Game of Thrones' is the most aggressive example since 'Battlestar Galactica' of a genre that's perceived as adolescent aspiring to be fully adult. Steve Erickson adolescentadultaggressive share on social
When people start yammering about artistic responsibility, artists become wary. The subtext of such talk is that the arts need to be regulated, which is to say censored. Steve Erickson artartistartistic Change image and share on social
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies and directed by Sundance nominee James Ponsoldt, 'The End of the Tour' is a terrific film, among the year's best with its two-man tarantella of wall-to-wall talk - and I watched it through my fingers as though it were Mad Max. Steve Erickson directdonaldend share on social