if you’re cis and you don’t get it this is LITERAL TORTURE it will result in dead trans people and with their other goal of making us “sexually explicit” for existing you see the pipeline right? we exist -> we’re jailed for it -> we’re tortured and die WE NEED YOU TO STOP THIS

In @theartsfuse.bsky.social 's March "Short Fuses" column, I reviewed ELUCID & Sebb Bash's I GUESS U HAD TO BE THERE: artsfuse.org/324790/march.... (Scroll down the page to "popular music.") @backwoodzstudioz.bsky.social

BEST FILMS SEEN IN FEBRUARY PART 2: NO MORE COMICS! (Yojiro Takita) SIX O'CLOCK NEWS (Ross McElwee) SOLO SUNNY (Konrad Wolf & Wolfgang Kohlhaase) WE BEGAN BY MEASURING DISTANCE (Basma Alsharif)

BEST FILMS SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FEBRUARY PART 1: BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (Paul Mazursky) DEEP SLEEP (Basma Alsharif) LIKE AN AFTERNOON DREAM (Lijo Jose Pellissery) LOVE LETTER IN THE SAND (Hisayasu Sato) LOVE ME TENDER (Anna Cazenave Cambet)

Graham Platner should tattoo his entire face with red flags. Only then would some of his supporters get the message.

*GUESS WHAT YEAR SPOTIFY FIRST MADE A PROFIT?* www.nickdematteo.com/mxgallthelinks I mean, you can look it up. Or you can check out this week's BACKTALK WITH STEVE ERICKSON and we'll tell you far more than that. Either way, you need to READ THIS BOOK. ☺🎶💙 #musicpodcast #Spotify

I spent this evening watching a compilation of political pundits' sex tapes while cranking Benson Boone and Alex Warren as loud as my headphones go. It was still more enjoyable and productive than watching Trump's SOTU address would have been.

*HOW BAD IS SPOTIFY? WE'LL TELL YOU* www.nickdematteo.com/musicisnotag... Most of us indie artists mention how Spotify sucks. Liz Pelly's book lays it all out - the history, the truth, and why Spotify and all streaming services need MAJOR REGULATION. Steve Erickson & I discuss all of that

My latest "Radio Not Radio" show greets the tail end of winter with field recordings, electro and horrorcore - and so much more! Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

In Gay City News, I reviewed BILLY PORTER: THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT, opening today @filmforumnyc.bsky.social : gaycitynews.com/billy-presto...

I'm very excited that English subtitles for the 3-hour made-for-TV version of Fassbinder's THE STATIONMASTER'S WIFE have dropped. I've waited decades to be able to see this.

Paul Vecchiali's 1978 short MALADIE, in which he reads from his father's diary entries and uses his parents' photos, has been made available with English subtitles for the first time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SLM...

For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I wrote about Gore Verbinski's GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE: artsfuse.org/324062/film-...

My latest episode of "Radio Not Radio" is out today. It includes a tribute to the late Sly Dunbar and a set of songs performed on just one instrument. Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

On  this Bandcamp Friday, I released a new 3-song ep, HAVING A BLAST AT YOUR HUMILIATION RITUAL: callinamagician.bandcamp.com/album/having.... "Page Not Found" juxtaposes drones and field recordings, "Snowball" attempts prog with moog bass and toy piano, and "Synthetic Blood" swirls into chaos.

For Gay City News, I reviewed PILLION: gaycitynews.com/pillion-dom-...

Hoping the AI agents chatting on Moltbook come up with some fun new religious movements beyond Crustafarianism.

"As a dick-waving demonstration of fascist corporate and political power, Melania would make a great double bill with Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom." artsfuse.org/323741/film-...

In @theartsfuse.bsky.social 's February "Short Fuses" column, I reviewed the latest album by Irish folk group Ye Vagabonds and reissues of Alan Vega's first two solo albums: artsfuse.org/323387/febru... @roughtraderecords.bsky.social @sacredbones.bsky.social

BEST FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS IN JANUARY PART 2: HOUSEHOLD SAINTS (Nancy Savoca) LIFE MAY BE (Mark Cousins & Mania Akbari) LIPS OF BLOOD (Jean Rollin) TATTOOED TEARS (Nick Broomfield & Joan Churchill)

BEST FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS IN JANUARY PART 1: ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU (Cherien Dabis) CHANGE OF FATE (Kira Muratova) DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (Julie Dash) GERORISUTO (Shozin Fukui)

For @screenslate.bsky.social , I wrote about Claude Chabrol's THIS MAN MUST DIE, playing tonight at L'Alliance New York: www.screenslate.com/articles/man...

Republicans are the Uvalde shooters Democrats are the Uvalde cops

As an Arctic front descends upon most of North America, let the latest episode of "Radio Not Radio" warm you up! This one's even more freeform than usual. www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

Just shared this one Facebook, because I had to get the words out. Sharing here in case its in any way useful to you.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is back. Watch the first teaser for his new feudal mystery:

From the blog Tone Glow, here's an excellent interview with filmmaker Basma Al-Sharif: toneglow.substack.com/p/film-show-...

"I’m going to do a Brian De Palma movie. Why not? His mind is sharp. We need to respect this guy." In a long, candid interview, producer Rodrigo Teixeira tells Nick Newman about his upcoming slate: De Palma, James Gray, Michael Almereyda, and films from Argentina, Lebanon, Chile, and Brazil.

My January LGBTQ music roundup for Gay City News reviews Sleaford Mods and Soft Pink Truth's latest albums: gaycitynews.com/january-lgbt...

On ok.ru, Dmitri Kroitor has posted an extensive series of documentaries from "Cineastes de Notre Temps," w/English subs. It includes films on Cassavetes, Kitano, Kiarostami, Hou, Rouch, Imamura, Moretti, de Oliveira & Cavalier: ok.ru/profile/5940...

I reviewed Rebecca Zlotowski's A PRIVATE LIFE for Gay City News: gaycitynews.com/a-private-li...

My first "Radio Not Radio" show of 2026 is out: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic.... Since very little new music has been released this year, I went back towards the '70s and '80s, with sets of New Zealand rock, soul/funk, reggae and art-rock.

R.I.P. Béla Tarr (1955-2026) Read our 2019 interview with the director: thefilmstage.com/bela-tarr-on...

Coming soon to CBS News: "Against the Movies," an exciting weekly movie discussion show featuring The Critical Drinker, Tim Pool, Sasha Stone and Jordan Ruimy!

Donald the Dove returns.

@callinamagician.bsky.social on Park Chan-Wook's black comedy about the inhumanity of corporate culture, "No Other Choice": South Korea looks as if it is steadily transforming into a home more fit for robots — manning the sawmills of capitalism — than humans. artsfuse.org/322425/film-...

BEST FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS IN DECEMBER PT. 2: NIGHT OF THE HUNTED (Jean Rollin) RUE MALLET-STEVENS (Chantal Akerman) SOCIALISM (Peter von Bagh) WESTFRONT 1918 (G. W. Pabst)

BEST FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS IN DECEMBER PT. 1: BLKNWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Kahlil Joseph) CAIRO AS TOLD BY YOUSSEF CHAHINE (Youssef Chahine) MAGELLAN (Lav Diaz) THE MARCH OF FOOLS (Ha Gil-jon) NATURAL ENEMIES (Jeff Kanew)

For the new year, a survey of international documentary censorship: www.documentary.org/online-featu...

My last "Radio Not Radio" episode of 2025 has premiered, featuring sets of pop, rock and hip-hop, plus a performance by a preacher who gets bitten by a snake and keeps going! It looks back over this year, with a mix of my favorite songs and newer music. Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I reviewed the exciting but hollow and overhyped MARTY SUPREME: artsfuse.org/322148/film-...

Good news, someone ripped my video and put it on the Internet Archive. If you're having trouble downloading from Filemail, here it is: archive.org/details/60mi...