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...

A wealth of expansive lists from the magazine's movie critics. The publication's demanding reviewers choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year. And there is plenty of disagreement. artsfuse.org/321680/arts-...

My 2025 film top 10 list pt. 2: PREDATORS REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND SINNERS THE TEMPLE WOODS GANG VULCANIZADORA

My 2025 film top 10 list part 1 (in alphabetical order, going by U.S. theatrical run or streaming premiere): BLKNEWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAUGHT BY THE TIDES CLOUD THE MASTERMIND MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS PART I: LAST AIR IN MOSCOW

Calling all U.S. distributors: please pick up these great films!

In @screenslate.bsky.social , I wrote about Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley's ROOM TEMPERATURE, playing at the Roxy in New York tonight: www.screenslate.com/articles/roo...

As we approach the end of this cursed year, "Radio Not Radio" returns with our next-to-last show of 2025. Tune in for '70s art rock, tribal club sounds, a Filipino Chappell Roan remix and noise improv made with a no-input mixer! #freeform #radio Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom

I've posted a far more extensive list of my favorite albums and songs of 2025 here: steeveecom.wordpress.com/my-favorite-....

My 10 favorite albums of 2025: Sudan Archives, The BPM Benefits, Constant Noise Rosalia, Lux Neko Case, Neon Grey Midnight Green YHWH Nailgun, 45 Pounds Kali Uchis, Sincerely Sadness/Soulless, Burning As The First Light TFS, Fairyland Codex Little Simz, Lotus Fieldwork, Thereupon

Reading the comments on The Guardian's list of their favorite songs of 2025 is like going to a party hosted by the Rick Beato fan club.

"Well-intentioned to a fault but unwilling to take real chances, “100 Nights of Hero” is queer cinema at its tamest." I reviewed the film for Gay City News: gaycitynews.com/100-nights-o...

In @slantmagazine.com , I reviewed Infinite Coles' debut album SWEETFACE KILLAH, which tackles the pain of being a gay man whose father is both famous and a massive homophobe: www.slantmagazine.com/music/infini...

For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I reviewed Lisa O'Neill's new ep on @roughtraderecords.bsky.social : artsfuse.org/320738/decem.... (Scroll down to "Folk.")

BEST NOVEMBER FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS PT. 2: LE NEG' (Robert Morin) REFLECTIONS IN A DEAD DIAMOND (Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani) REVOLVER (Stiq Berqvist, Jonas Odell, Martti Ekstrand & Lars Ohlson)

BEST NOVEMBER FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS PART 1: ESCAPE (Masao Adachi) JAIME (Antonio Reis) JIN-ROH: THE WOLF BRIGADE (Hiroyuki Okiuma) LET THE CORPSES TAN (Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani) MORNING CIRCLE (Basma Alsharif)

As the lion stares you down, control your fight-or-flight reflex with my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio." This one features a 45-minute set of South African music. www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

Cahiers du cinéma's best-of-2025 list includes Afternoons of Solitude, One Battle After Another, Miroirs No. 3, and Nouvelle Vague.

In @crooked-marquee.bsky.social , I reviewed Mamoru Oshii's 1987 THE RED SPECTACLES, opening in US theaters today: crookedmarquee.com/the-red-spec...

A prime hallucination from Google's AI search results: "while he was not publicly known to be gay, he was an openly gay actor."

I covered the @docnycfest.bsky.social for Gay City News: gaycitynews.com/doc-nyc-fest...

Follow the crocodile to my latest "Radio Not Radio" show, featuring sets devoted to the guitar and punk, followed by an hour of hard-to-classify music. www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

Sen. Schumer's Washington, DC. office number is (202)224-6542. If you're angry about his Republican-lite behavior, leave a message asking him to resign. Who knows if it'll do any good, but he needs to get the hell out of politics.

For @theartsfuse.bsky.social , I reviewed Radu Jude's DRACULA: artsfuse.org/319698/film-...

For Gay City News, I wrote about Ira Sachs' PETER HUJAR'S DAY: gaycitynews.com/peter-hujars...

In @slantmagazine.com , I wrote about Rosalia's ambitious new album LUX: www.slantmagazine.com/music/rosali...

For my November music roundup in Gay City News, I reviewed the Hüsker Dü box set 1985: THE MIRACLE YEAR and the compilation ALL THINGS GO: 10 YEARS: gaycitynews.com/november-lgb...

I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.

On my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio," take a flight to Triton with mystical metal, KAPUTT-core, a sad Laura Branigan cover, the shortest song I've ever played, and more! Link here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...

For @theartsfuse.bsky.social 's November "Short Fuses" column, I reviewed CRRDR's LATINCORE LEGEND and Holy Sons' PURITAN THEMES. (Scroll down to "Popular Music.") Link here: artsfuse.org/319292/novem...