Steve Erickson
@callinamagician.bsky.social
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Film and music critic, music producer, New Yorker. steeveecom.wordpress.com
www.rogerebert.com/women-writer...
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The Mysteries of Dorothy Vallens: On Isabella Rossellini in “Blue Velvet”
A look at one of the most essential performances of the '80s.
https://www.rogerebert.com/women-writers-week/the-mysteries-of-dorothy-vallens-on-isabella-rossellini-in-blue-velvet
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Tilly Bridges
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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
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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
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March Short Fuses — Materia Critica - The Arts Fuse
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
https://artsfuse.org/324790/march-short-fuses-materia-critica-6/
2 days ago
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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)
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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)
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www.middleeasteye.net/discover/ber...
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Berlinale 2026: Films play second fiddle to Gaza controversies for the third year running
German politicians and journalists reacted angrily to repeated statements of Palestinian solidarity by Arab and Hollywood filmmakers
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/berlinale-2026-films-festival-play-second-fiddle-gaza-third-year-running?fbclid=IwY2xjawQO3c1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeya0qEBPPBZ43fmeBQaany-nSXm2jJMlkGpszaLy6n3ZRS-EWGF-M7VJGjYY_aem_XAR40eu4FFxp8vErrKQSfA
4 days ago
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Graham Platner should tattoo his entire face with red flags. Only then would some of his supporters get the message.
5 days ago
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Nick DeMatteo
6 days ago
*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
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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.
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8 days ago
*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
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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...
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2/21/2026 "Radio Not Radio"
The latest "Radio Not Radio" show salutes the end of winter with field recordings, electro and horrorcore
https://www.mixcloud.com/callinamagician/2212026-radio-not-radio/
10 days ago
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In Gay City News, I reviewed BILLY PORTER: THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT, opening today
@filmforumnyc.bsky.social
:
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‘Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It’ charts the rise and fall of a troubled gay musician
A gap exists at the heart of gay director Paris Barclay’s documentary “Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It.” It’s Preston himself. A singer and
https://gaycitynews.com/billy-preston-thats-the-way-god-planned-it-film/
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Meet the Gorgeous Winner of Japan's Capybara Bath Contest
A capybara with a truly iconic name was crowned the champion of Japan's adorable capybara bath contest. Can you guess how long her bath was?
https://www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/news-and-opinion/japans-capybara-bath-contest/?utm_campaign=the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=www.garbageday.email
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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.
16 days ago
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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:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SLM9esPtmA
19 days ago
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For
@theartsfuse.bsky.social
, I wrote about Gore Verbinski's GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE:
artsfuse.org/324062/film-...
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Film Review: “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” — A Satire Too Stuck in the Now to Save the Future - The Arts Fuse
The film urges the audience to take action against AI, but it is too symptomatic of today's paralysis to be of as much help as it would like to be.
https://artsfuse.org/324062/film-review-good-luck-have-fun-dont-die/
23 days ago
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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...
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2/7/2026 "Radio Not Radio"
This episode of "Radio Not Radio" pays tribute to the late Sly Dunbar, then serves up a set of music performed on a single instrument (including several homemade ones.)
https://www.mixcloud.com/callinamagician/272026-radio-not-radio/
24 days ago
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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.
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Having A Blast At Your Humiliation Ritual, by callinamagician
3 track album
https://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/album/having-a-blast-at-your-humiliation-ritual
25 days ago
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For Gay City News, I reviewed PILLION:
gaycitynews.com/pillion-dom-...
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Dom and sub probe the limits of their feelings in ‘Pillion’
BDSM is the hook for gay director Harry Lighton’s “Pillion.” Adapted from Adam Mars-Jones’ novella “Box Hill,” it lays out a relationship between Ray
https://gaycitynews.com/pillion-dom-sub-probe-limits-of-their-feeling/
26 days ago
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Hoping the AI agents chatting on Moltbook come up with some fun new religious movements beyond Crustafarianism.
29 days ago
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"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."
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Film Review: "Melania" - An Aggressively Dull Travesty - The Arts Fuse
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."
https://artsfuse.org/323741/film-review-melania-an-aggressively-dull-travesty/
29 days ago
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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
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February Short Fuses — Materia Critica - The Arts Fuse
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
https://artsfuse.org/323387/february-short-fuses-materia-critica-5/
about 1 month ago
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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)
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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)
about 1 month ago
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"Melania" Is Not a Documentary
And Amazon is not a media company.
https://anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/melania-is-not-a-documentary
about 1 month ago
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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...
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This Man Must Die
Beginning with Les Biches in 1968, Claude Chabrol’s career entered its second major phase. While he directed his debut feature, Le Beau Serge (1958), before his Nouvelle Vague colleagues Jean-Luc Goda...
https://www.screenslate.com/articles/man-must-die?mc_cid=fc44572acf&mc_eid=44d4e196d3
about 1 month ago
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Blackavar
about 1 month ago
Republicans are the Uvalde shooters Democrats are the Uvalde cops
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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.
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1/24/2026 "Radio Not Radio"
As most of the U.S. faces a massive blizzard, let "Radio Not Radio" warm you up. This episode is even more freeform than usual.
https://www.mixcloud.com/callinamagician/1242026-radio-not-radio/
about 1 month ago
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Keith Harris
about 1 month ago
Just shared this one Facebook, because I had to get the words out. Sharing here in case its in any way useful to you.
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The Film Stage
about 1 month ago
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is back. Watch the first teaser for his new feudal mystery:
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa Spins a Feudal Mystery In First Teaser for Kokurojo
While Kiyoshi Kurosawa hardly leaves us wanting for new work—2024 saw the premiere of three projects, one of which landed high on our best-of-2025 list and another that's still lacking U.S. distributi...
https://thefilmstage.com/kiyoshi-kurosawa-spins-a-feudal-mystery-in-first-teaser-for-kokurojo/
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From the blog Tone Glow, here's an excellent interview with filmmaker Basma Al-Sharif:
toneglow.substack.com/p/film-show-...
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Film Show 059: Basma al-Sharif
An interview with the Palestinian filmmaker about the complexity of spreading violent images, capturing displacement in art through form and presentation, and the shame that comes with giving up
https://toneglow.substack.com/p/film-show-059-basma-al-sharif?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=21385&post_id=184877501&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=5n11b&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
about 1 month ago
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The Film Stage
about 2 months ago
"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.
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“I”m Not Seeing America Doing the Best Films”: Rodrigo Teixeira on Supporting Brian De Palma, James Gray, and Contemporary World Cinema
It could be a result of living abroad, or that a good producer’s work is often defined by their ability to stay quiet, but Rodrigo Teixeira has perhaps become the single greatest shadow player in cont...
https://thefilmstage.com/im-not-seeing-america-doing-the-best-films-rodrigo-teixeira-on-supporting-brian-de-palma-james-gray-and-contemporary-world-cinema/
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My January LGBTQ music roundup for Gay City News reviews Sleaford Mods and Soft Pink Truth's latest albums:
gaycitynews.com/january-lgbt...
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January LGBTQ music: Sleaford Mods and The Soft Pink Truth – Gay City News
Listen closer, and the picture becomes more blurry. The song’s two guest singers provide alternate perspectives. Big Special turns in a melodic chorus,
https://gaycitynews.com/january-lgbtq-music-sleaford-mods-and-the-soft-pink-truth/
about 2 months ago
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On
ok.ru
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ok.ru/profile/5940...
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Социальная сеть Одноклассники. Общение с друзьями в ОК. Ваше место встречи с одноклассниками
Одноклассники.ру это социальная сеть, где вы можете найти своих старых друзей. Общение, онлайн игры, подарки и открытки для друзей. Приходите в ОК, делитесь своими эмоциями с друзьями, коллегами и одн...
https://ok.ru
about 2 months ago
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I reviewed Rebecca Zlotowski's A PRIVATE LIFE for Gay City News:
gaycitynews.com/a-private-li...
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‘A Private Life’: Jodie Foster plays detective in Paris
Rebecca Zlotowski’s “A Private Life” starts in one place, promising a comic, even cozy, mystery. Its initial gestures for gravity, such as fantasy scenes
https://gaycitynews.com/a-private-life-jodie-foster-plays-detective-paris/
about 2 months ago
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This Is How You Get JARHEAD Sequels
YouTube video by Folding Ideas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5m-RHS1fU0&t=924s
about 2 months ago
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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.
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1/10/2026 "Radio Not Radio"
For my first show of 2026, I'm drawing entirely on music from the past, with sets of New Zealand rock, soul/funk, reggae and art-rock.
https://www.mixcloud.com/callinamagician/1102026-radio-not-radio/
about 2 months ago
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The Film Stage
about 2 months ago
R.I.P. Béla Tarr (1955-2026) Read our 2019 interview with the director:
thefilmstage.com/bela-tarr-on...
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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!
about 2 months ago
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Donald the Dove returns.
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Feedback Loop: Where Do We Go from Here?
How is it that I have not heard about a single movie my godmother watched on Amazon Prime this year? Part of this has to do with the fact that we live in different countries, but the main reason is th...
https://www.screenslate.com/articles/feedback-loop-where-do-we-go-here
2 months ago
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The Arts Fuse
2 months ago
@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-...
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Film Review: "No Other Choice" - Park Chan-wook’s Bleakly Comic Portrait of Capitalist Despair - The Arts Fuse
"No Other Choice"’s South Korea looks as if it is steadily transforming into a home more fit for robots -- manning the sawmills of capitalism -- than humans.
https://artsfuse.org/322425/film-review-no-other-choice-park-chan-wooks-bleakly-comic-portrait-of-capitalist-despair/
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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)
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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)
2 months ago
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🏳️🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩
2 months ago
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For the new year, a survey of international documentary censorship:
www.documentary.org/online-featu...
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No Safe Distance: How State Suppression of Documentaries Crosses Borders
As governments escalate transnational pressure campaigns, documentarians and programmers worldwide must choose between solidarity and safety
https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/no-safe-distance-how-state-censorship-documentaries-crosses-borders?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
2 months ago
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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...
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12/29/2025 "Radio Not Radio"
https://www.mixcloud.com/callinamagician/12292025-radio-not-radio/
2 months ago
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For
@theartsfuse.bsky.social
, I reviewed the exciting but hollow and overhyped MARTY SUPREME:
artsfuse.org/322148/film-...
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Film Review: “Marty Supreme” — A Thrilling, Empty Trip Through Ego and Excess - The Arts Fuse
It can't be denied that "Marty Supreme" is effective as a wild trip. It’s an immersive experience -- not an analysis of its self-adorning anti-hero.
https://artsfuse.org/322148/film-review-marty-supreme-a-thrilling-empty-trip-through-ego-and-excess/
2 months ago
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renegade cut
2 months ago
Good news, someone ripped my video and put it on the Internet Archive. If you're having trouble downloading from Filemail, here it is:
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Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
https://archive.org/details/60minutes-cecotsegment
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Was 2025 the Year Indie Film Acquisitions Broke?
With Sundance 2026 on the horizon, the odds are stacked against indie films.
https://anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/was-2025-the-year-indie-film-acquisitions?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2218910&post_id=182183199&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=5n11b&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
2 months ago
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