Before movies, memory unspooled differently in the mind, trailing off in dust-blasted fade-out rather than spliced-together flashback; before photography, memory rippled like a reflection on water's surface, less precise but more profoundly true. Steve Erickson blastdifferentlydust share on social
There's no rule that we have to like the characters movies are about. Steve Erickson charactermovierule Change image and share on social
I've decided 'Breaking Bad' may be one of the best TV shows ever, but I had to watch every last episode of the first four seasons to come to that conclusion. Steve Erickson badbreakconclusion Change image and share on social
Even to current-events junkies, the notion of a 24-hour news channel sounded like a gimmick when the Cable News Network launched more than 30 years ago. Steve Erickson agocablechannel Change image and share on social
Nothing is more linear than a street; nothing has a more fixed beginning, middle, and end. Steve Erickson beginendfix Change image and share on social
In retrospect, 'Pulp Fiction' isn't just the template for everything Tarantino has done but the yardstick by which everything else he does is measured one way or another. Steve Erickson fictionmeasurepulp Change image and share on social
Escapism always has its place, but when movies connect to other things around us and suggest implications that haven't been considered before, that's a dividend, too, even when our love of movies becomes complicated as a result. Steve Erickson complicateconnectconsider share on social
Born in the silent era, with the first ceremony hosted by Douglas Fairbanks at the Roosevelt Hotel, the Oscars are a tradition in a business that doesn't have much of it, and the biggest spectacle in a business that's often nothing but. Steve Erickson bearbigbusiness share on social
Beautiful actors are learning what beautiful actresses like Charlize Theron discovered a while ago - that they get taken more seriously when they trash the same beauty that got them taken seriously to begin with. Steve Erickson actoractressago share on social
Americans disagree about America because the most common consensus as to what America is or has ever been or ever was meant to be eludes us, and it eludes us because we want it to. Steve Erickson americaamericancommon Change image and share on social
