'Homeland' is necessarily open-ended since the idea behind television is to spend as much time as possible resolving as little as possible, with a story's usual need for resolution replaced by an unrelenting urgency that always defers answers and constantly postpones closure. Steve Erickson answerclosureconstantly share on social
Hopefully it doesn't come as too much of a shock that artists we love watching or listening to for an hour or two aren't always people with whom we otherwise would want to spend 20 minutes. Steve Erickson artisthourlisten Change image and share on social
Being the family's literate one, my wife doesn't watch television much, preferring third-world novels, though she'll sit in now and then when I have on Jon Stewart. Steve Erickson familyjonliterate Change image and share on social
By the nature of cinema and how it literalizes what we envision, movies can have difficulty replicating that connection we make with a classic book. Steve Erickson bookcinemaclassic Change image and share on social
If 'Fargo' is about anything, it's American madness. Steve Erickson americanfargomadness Change image and share on social
I own one movie by fellow Swede Ingmar Bergman, because I have to. You can't be a movie critic with a collection of six or seven hundred DVDs that includes everything from 'Tokyo Story' to 'Poison Ivy: The New Seduction' and not have a Bergman movie. Steve Erickson bergmancollectioncritic share on social
In journalism, as in politics, other people's lives are a currency to be bartered on behalf of notoriety and influence. Steve Erickson barterbehalfcurrency Change image and share on social
Quentin Tarantino is my 15-year-old son's favorite director, and by that I mean no condescension to either Tarantino or my 15-year-old son. Steve Erickson condescensiondirectorfavorite Change image and share on social
In a way, all Scandinavian movies are descendants of the original Scandinavian Christian-metaphor movie, Danish director Carl Dreyer's 1928 'The Passion of Joan of Arc,' one of the seven or eight best films ever made and impossible to watch more than once. Steve Erickson arccarlchristian 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
