Steve Erickson
Tomatometer-approved critic
Publications:
Chicago Reader,
Slant Magazine,
Village Voice,
Film Comment Magazine,
Brooklyn Magazine,
Arts Fuse,
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul,
Nashville Scene,
SpoutBlog,
Gay City News,
Spin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
Kinoscope,
Screen Slate,
CINE-FILE
Queens of Drama (2024)
87%
“As harsh and aggressive as “Queens of Drama” can get, its ultimate goal is finding a place of peace where queer women can take refuge from the outside world’s hostility.” –
Gay City News
Apr 15, 2025
Full Review
The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
78%
“The chemistry between Jones and Redgrave is strong; their characters’ relationship develops even when they speak past each other.” –
Arts Fuse
Mar 27, 2025
Full Review
Eephus (2024)
100%
“Eephus recreates the ‘90s without overdoing the period trappings.” –
Arts Fuse
Mar 12, 2025
Full Review
Being Maria (2024)
62%
“It’s unfortunate that “Being Maria” can’t find a more imaginative way to depict Schneider’s life than an arc of trauma, tragedy, and return.” –
Gay City News
Mar 11, 2025
Full Review
Stockade (2023)
“While the precariousness of an immigrant’s life is part of the story, it never feels truly inhabited.” –
Gay City News
Feb 25, 2025
Full Review
Presence (2024)
88%
“The ghost may represent the director’s vision and body’s movements, but his personal investment in the narrative is never apparent. There’s no heart here, just technical expertise.” –
Arts Fuse
Jan 22, 2025
Full Review
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (2024)
95%
“By its end, the film comes to feel like an in-house corporate production.
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Gay City News
Jan 22, 2025
Full Review
Eat the Night (2024)
67%
“Poggi and Vinel synthesize Jane Schoenbrun and Bertrand Bonello’s interest in chronically online lives, with bigger hearts. ” –
Gay City News
Jan 8, 2025
Full Review
All We Imagine as Light (2024)
100%
“All We Imagine As Light illuminates the dramas, large and small, of its resilient protagonists.” –
Arts Fuse
Jan 3, 2025
Full Review
Oh Canada (2024)
64%
“Oh, Canada seems to want it both ways: there’s a tug-of-war between a desire for ambiguity and the need to spell out clear answers that will reassure viewers. Schrader never resolves this epistemological give-and-take.” –
Arts Fuse
Jan 3, 2025
Full Review
Babygirl (2024)
76%
“Even so, it doesn’t do enough to distinguish itself from earlier films about similar relationships, while it suffers from a surplus of good intentions and reluctance to take chances.” –
Gay City News
Dec 24, 2024
Full Review
Endless Summer Syndrome (2024)
85%
““Endless Summer Syndrome” is a provocation with a rare respect for the spectator’s own moral compass.” –
Gay City News
Dec 13, 2024
Full Review
The End (2024)
56%
“However, “The End” is so off-putting that it denies any emotional charge.” –
Gay City News
Dec 5, 2024
Full Review
Queer (2024)
77%
“When it lets go of the comfort of a straightforward story, the film can’t find anything as meaningful with which to replace it.” –
Gay City News
Dec 3, 2024
Full Review
Sabbath Queen (2024)
100%
““Sabbath Queen” reflects the two different interpretations of Judaism represented by Amichai and his brother through its editing. ” –
Gay City News
Nov 21, 2024
Full Review
Let's Get Lost (1988)
97%
““Let’s Get Lost” still feels fresh because it avoids the clichés of music documentaries and biopics. ” –
Gay City News
Nov 6, 2024
Full Review
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
97%
“As compelling as all this is, as drama The Seed of The Sacred Fig is diffuse and disjointed. While the film is never boring, one feels every one of its 166 minutes.” –
Arts Fuse
Nov 4, 2024
Full Review
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (2024)
94%
““Fanatical” avoids the worst excesses of these genre. If anything, its style is tasteful, but stodgy.” –
Gay City News
Oct 17, 2024
Full Review
Bona (1981)
“Bona mercilessly sketches out the traps laid for women.” –
Arts Fuse
Oct 7, 2024
Full Review
Northern Lights (1978)
“Hanson and Nilsson film the area’s nature with a hard beauty: even a scene where farmers desperately try to preserve their crops from a blizzard is beautifully shot.” –
Arts Fuse
Oct 7, 2024
Full Review
The Sealed Soil (1977)
“The Sealed Soil takes a long time to get going given that its style keeps viewers at a distance but, once it does, it is a powerful revelation of Rooy-Bekhir’s life of quiet desperation.” –
Arts Fuse
Oct 7, 2024
Full Review
Pepe (2024)
71%
“... A rare combo of formal beauty and political astuteness.” –
Arts Fuse
Oct 2, 2024
Full Review
Will & Harper (2024)
99%
““Will & Harper” may be meant as a lesson for its spectators, offering Ferrell as a role model for middle-aged cis men... but it’s also a very touching depiction of a friendship.” –
Gay City News
Oct 1, 2024
Full Review
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
69%
“The movie seethes with visual genius and imagistic segues so brazenly hokey that to call them kitsch would utterly trivialize the hallucinatory onslaught. The naive bravado of it all ravishes sense and subtlety. ” –
L.A. Weekly
Sep 26, 2024
Full Review
My Old Ass (2024)
90%
“Unexpectedly, “My Old Ass” feels rather old-fashioned. ” –
Gay City News
Sep 11, 2024
Full Review
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