Chronicle of a Passion: the Blog of Steve Erickson

Rather than write KING LEAR or start a podcast under COVID isolation, I’ve begun producing music. I’ve created a page with links to it on this blog. You can stream or download my music here, on a Bandcamp page updated every few days. I have released an EP, UNCANNY Death Valley, with the best music I’ve produced in September. I have produced a remix of Julien Baker’s “Faith Healer.”
2021 pieces:

Lil Nas X’s MONTERO

LITTLE GIRL

A Lorde overview

THE LOST LEONARDO

Lizzie Borden interview

ISABELLA

August music roundup (Semler, Angel Olsen, Bendik Giske)

SWAN SONG

2021 New York Asian Film Festival

JOE BELL

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

SO PRETTY

Backxwash’s I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND DRESSES

SIMONE BARBES OR VIRTUE

AGAINST THE CURRENT

“Dominating and Humiliating Pride Into Respectability”

SUMMER OF 85

NOBODY

Japanese Breakfast’s JUBILEE

UNDINE

St. Vincent’s DADDY’S HOME

THE DEER

PROFILE

New Directors/New Films 2021

PARIS CALLIGRAMMES

RIDE OR DIE

girl in red’s IF I COULD MAKE IT GO QUIET

SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS

MOFFIE

2021 “Neighboring Scenes”

Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”

BLACK JACK

serpentwithfeet-DEACON

CENTER STAGE

A SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

A SOPHIE overview

KEEP AN EYE OUT

Julien Baker’s LITTLE OBLIVIONS

THE WORLD TO COME

SUPERNOVA

FILMFARSI

THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION

TWO OF US

PRESENT.PERFECT

PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME

FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO….

MLK/FBI

2020 pieces:

ANOTHER ROUND

FUNNY BOY

Julien Temple interview

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

Coil’s MUSICK TO PLAY IN THE DARK

STARDUST

MANGROVE

COLLECTIVE

Rubika Shah interview

DON’T LOOK BACK

DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA

Dorian Electra’s MY AGENDA

MARTIN EDEN & THE MOUTH OF THE WORLD

Marie Davidson & L’oeil Nu’s RENEGADE BREAKDOWN

58th New York Film Festival article

Interview with OTHER MUSIC directors Puloma Basu & Rob Hatch-Miller

Matmos’ THE CONSUMING FLAME & the Soft Pink Truth’s SHALL WE GO ON SINNING SO THAT GRACE MAY INCREASE?

SHE DIES TOMORROW

THE FIGHT

“Who’s Waging & Winning the Cancel Culture War?”

DRESSED TO KILL

“Hidden in Plain White: Recommendations for Streaming Black Films”

WIDOW OF SILENCE

BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS

Margo Price’s THAT’S HOW RUMORS GET STARTED

BUNGALOW

Daniel and Clara interview

BABYTEETH

BULLY. COWARD. VICTIM. THE STORY OF ROY COHN

MUBI: THE QUEER STREAM

Run the Jewels’ RTJ4

“Watching in the Time of Quarantine: Jason Ooi and the Long Distance Film Festival“

TOMMASO

Lady Gaga’s CHROMATICA

THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF

FOURTEEN

Perfume Genius’ SET MY HEART ON FIRE IMMEDIATELY

SPACESHIP EARTH

DANCER IN THE DARK

DEERSKIN

Car Seat Headrest’s MAKING A DOOR LESS OPEN

“Dance Punks Punk Dance”

Yves Tumor’s HEAVEN FOR THE TORMENTED

NINA WU

Zebra Katz’s LESS IS MOOR

NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS

SORRY WE MISSED YOU

ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND

Hal Hartley interview

Kesha’s HIGH ROAD

THE ASSISTANT

THE TRAITOR

Bertrand Bonello interview

10 favorite films of the 2010s with commentary

LES MISERABLES

63 UP

2019 reviews, interviews and articles:

Alla Kovgan interview

Annabelle Attanasio interview

FATAL PULSE

MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN

Cartel Madras’ AGE OF THE GOONDA

DOWNTOWN 81

SYNONYMS

Zonal’s WRECKED

Bassam Tariq interview

IN MY ROOM

FIGHT CLUB

Lana del Rey’s NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL

2019 New York Film Festival article

Matt Tyrnauer interview

Tove Lo’s SUNSHINE KITTY

AD ASTRA

REDISTRIBUTION

COLD CASE HAMMARSKJOLD

THE LOAD

DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME

Liza Mandelup interview

WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE?

Sleater-Kinney’s THE CENTER WON’T HOLD

Rodney Evans interview

THE NIGHTINGALE

2019 J. Hoberman interview

ONCE UPON A TIME IN…HOLLYWOOD

James Longley interview

An essay on Pete Buttigieg: MAYOR NORMAL

Floria Sigismondi interview

THE RAFT

Tyler, the Creator’s IGOR

ASAKO I & II

CHARLIE SAYS

Grayson review

André Singer interview

THE PROJECTIONIST

Bret Easton Ellis’ WHITE

NON-FICTION

JUST DON’T THINK I’LL SCREAM

Billie Eilish’s WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Kamran Heidari interview

AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL

Angel-Ho’s DEATH BECOMES HER

Shomi Patwary interview

2019 “Rendez-vous with French Cinema”

BIRDS OF PASSAGE

Bob Mould’s SUNSHINE ROCK

LOS REYES

EVERYBODY KNOWS

Sneaks’ HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS

2019 Iranian film festival article

TOUCH ME NOT

2018 reviews, interviews and articles:

Karyn Kusama interview

VICE

2018 film top 10 list

2018 music top 10 list

Pete Shelley obituary

The 1975’s A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS

THE CHARMER

SHOPLIFTERS

Pascal Greggory interview

Canon Fodder: Classic Rock in a Rut

OF FATHERS AND SONS

Vince Staples’ FM!

THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS

BOY ERASED

Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers’ BOUGHT TO ROT

Joseph Kahn interview

slowthai article

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

LIFE AND NOTHING MORE

Bronski Beat’s AGE OF CONSENT

Zev Deans interview

THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING

John Grant’s LOVE IS MAGIC

YOUR FACE

2018 New York Film Festival article

AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE: Low’s DOUBLE NEGATIVE & Yves Tumor’s SAFE IN THE HANDS OF LOVE

Christine and the Queens’ CHRIS

BAD REPUTATION

ASSASSINATION NATION

RaMell Ross interview

Anna Calvi’s HUNTER

Ryan Krivoshey interview

Troye Sivan’s BLOOM

PROTOTYPE

BISBEE ’17

Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley interview

Julien Faraut interview

Blood Orange’s NEGRO SWAN review

Object As Subject’s PERMISSION review

Imperial Triumphant’s VILE LUXURY review

THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD review

Denzel Curry’s TA13OO review

COCOTE

GAVAGAI

Rachel Dretzin interview

UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB AND THE AGE OF TECHNOPHOBIA

Years & Years’ PALO SANTO

DAMSEL

Tim Wardle interview

LES CARABINIERS

MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS

ARABY

HEREDITARY

Snail Mail’s LUSH

serpentwithfeet’s SOIL

Richard Peña interview

E’s NEGATIVE WORK

SUMMER 1993

Courtney Barnett’s TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL

Flatbush Zombies’ VACATION IN HELL

Renan Ozturk interview

Janelle Monae’s DIRTY COMPUTER

DISOBEDIENCE

COLD WATER

LEAN ON PETE

Sophie Fiennes interview

ZAMA

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Moodie Black’s LUCAS ACID

Jed Rothstein interview

2018 “New Directors/New Films” article

Felix and the Future’s HOLY HANDS, VOL. 2

THE CHRONICLE OF ANNA-MAGDALENA BACH

The AV Club’s guide to March 2nd album releases, containing my review of DJ Taye’s STILL TRIPPIN

Reissues of the first 3 Pet Shop Boys albums

2018 “Neighboring Scenes” article

Joshua Bonnetta and J. P. Sniadecki interview

Titus Andronicus’ A PRODUCTIVE COUGH

Brandi Carlile’s BY THE WAY, I FORGIVE YOU

Greg Barker interview

H. C. McEntire’s LIONHEART

TWO WOMEN: Cupcakke and Rapsody article

Brockhampton’s SATURATION III

I, TONYA

Jonathan Olshefski interview

THE SHAPE OF WATER

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE

ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE

Pat Collins interview

R.E.M.’s AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE reissue

WONDERSTRUCK

Shamir’s RELENTLESS

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Black Psychedelia primer

BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL

LAST FLAG FLYING

Julien Baker’s TURN OUT THE LIGHTS

Griffin Dunne interview

Morten Traavik interview

THE CHALLENGE

Childish Gambino’s AWAKEN, MY LOVE!

THE FLORIDA PROJECT

DINA

Dario Argento essay

DID YOU WONDER WHO FIRED THE GUN?

2017 New York Film Festival article

THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT

On “gay culture”

RAT FILM

BEACH RATS

Theo Anthony interview

On the National and weed

THE UNKNOWN GIRL

On Ghost

Eliza Hittman interview

Waleed Zuaiter interview

Bryan Fogel interview

Bertrand Tavernier interview

HARMONIUM

2017 Human Rights Watch Film Festival article

A QUIET PASSION

Robert Beatty article

THE WOMAN WHO LEFT

Steve James interview

STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE

TA’ANG

RISK

SLACK BAY

THE LOST CITY OF Z

AFTER THE STORM

MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA

Dash Shaw interview

THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV

KARL MARX CITY

Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker interview

RAW

PERSONAL SHOPPER

THE SALESMAN

2017 “Film Comment Selects” article

KEDI

Kristi Jacobson interview

STAYING VERTICAL

STARLESS DREAMS

Raoul Peck interview

“CRACKED ACTORS”

SON OF JOSEPH

I, DANIEL BLAKE

TONI ERDMANN

2016 film top 10 list

JACKIE

Fellini’s ROMA DVD review

THINGS TO COME

Sophia Takal interview

OFF THE RAILS

2016 Paul Verhoeven interview

MOONLIGHT

THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES

LOVING

GIMME DANGER

FIRE AT SEA

UNDER THE SUN

AMERICAN HONEY

LITTLE SISTER

DANNY SAYS

2016 New York Film Festival article

THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT

Kirsten Johnson interview

AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY

FATIMA

2016 Robert Greene interview

A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS

THE LOST ARCADE

EAT THAT QUESTION

Clément Cogitore interview

FOR THE PLASMA

SUMMERTIME

OUR LITTLE SISTER

Terence Davies interview

RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN

THE NEON DEMON

NUTS!

DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID

‘TIL MADNESS DO US PART

CHEVALIER

UNLOCKING THE CAGE

Roberto Minervini interview

WEINER

HIGH-RISE

FASSBINDER: TO LOVE WITHOUT DEMANDS

“The Society of the Real”

Vincent Lindon interview

THE MEASURE OF A MAN

MILES AHEAD

2016 “Art of the Real” article

NO HOME MOVIE & I DON’T BELONG ANYWHERE

OFFICE

“LA DOLCE VITA” NO MORE: ON THE DECLINING DISTRIBUTION OF FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILMS

SWEET BEAN

KNIGHT OF CUPS

SONGS MY BROTHER TAUGHT ME

2016 “Film Comment selects” article

MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART

FORT BUCHANAN

EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO

Amos Gitai interview

AFERIM!

BLEAK STREET

IN THE SHADOW OF WOMEN

THE AMERICAN FRIEND DVD review

THE HATEFUL EIGHT

ANOMALISA

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT

2015 top 10 list
THE CONNECTION

IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER

DIOR AND I

Bertrand Bonello interview

JOURNEY TO THE WEST

IRIS

SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION

CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA

Errol Morris article

2015 “Art of the Real” article

Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado interview

Guillaume Nicloux interview

WHITE GOD

JAUJA

IT FOLLOWS

THE LESSON

MAPS TO THE STARS

FUTURO BEACH

Damian Szifron interview

QUEEN & COUNTRY

2015 “Film Comment” selects

GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM

MR. TURNER

TIMBUKTU

HARD TO BE A GOD

Gabe Polsky interview

JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING

WHEN EVENING FALLS ON BUCHAREST OR METABOLISM

FOXCATCHER

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT

LEVIATHAN (2014)

INHERENT VICE

LI’L QUINQUIN

A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS

ZERO MOTIVATION

SIGHTSEERS

Sarah Polley interview

POST TENEBRAS LUX

ONCE UPON A TIME IN BROOKLYN

AT ANY PRICE

Francois Ozon interview

TO THE WONDER

UPSTREAM COLOR

WELCOME TO THE PUNCH

BEYOND THE HILLS

Lucien Castaing-Taylor/Véréna Paravel interview

Jean Rouch article

INESCAPABLE

ALAMAR

AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN

WILD GRASS

2010 New York Asian Film Festival

MID-AUGUST LUNCH

NORTH FACE

THE VANISHED EMPIRE DVD review

2010 “FILM COMMENT selects” article

SINCERELY YOURS

THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD

2009 Toronto Film Festival article

I am not the novelist Steve Erickson, nor do I write for LOS ANGELES magazine. I do not
know how to get in touch with him.

Thanks to Laurent Kretzschmar, Paul Willemen, Adrian Martin, Michael Sicinski, Joe McElhaney and Frank Matcha for their assistance with the Daney section.

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