'The Company You Keep' is about outgrowing not just the delusions that accompany youth but the harsh certainties driving our lives and then trapping them before the years outpace the velocity of our dreams. Steve Erickson accompanycertaintycompany share on social
Struggling to end the war and to eliminate slavery once and for all by way of the 13th Amendment, with the amendment's prospective passage undermining the effort to make peace with the Confederacy and vice versa, Lincoln embodied the Great Man theory that leftists disdain. Steve Erickson 13thamendmentconfederacy share on social
A modern fascination with the fantastic seems to come along every couple of generations, usually at a point when we're future saturated. Steve Erickson couplefantasticfascination Change image and share on social
Julianne Moore and Michael Keaton began in 1980s soap operas and 1970s sitcoms, respectively, such ancient history by show business standards that you need carbon dating to measure their careers. Steve Erickson 1970s1980sancient Change image and share on social
Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts act themselves senseless in 'August: Osage County,' and by the time they're finished, they've acted their movie senseless, too. Steve Erickson actaugustcounty Change image and share on social
The most telling thing about 'Fargo,' both the now-classic movie and the television series, is that it doesn't take place in Fargo. Steve Erickson classicfargomovie Change image and share on social
You can't blame movies for embracing spectacle; filmmakers since D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille have loved spectacle, and spectacle is something that movies convey like no other medium, especially in a digital age. Steve Erickson ageblamececil share on social
David Cronenberg's 'Maps to the Stars' is a Hollywood monster movie in which Hollywood is the monster. Steve Erickson cronenbergdavidhollywood Change image and share on social
Quentin Tarantino is my 15-year-old son's favorite director, and by that I mean no condescension to either Tarantino or my 15-year-old son. Steve Erickson condescensiondirectorfavorite Change image and share on social
Hopefully it doesn't come as too much of a shock that artists we love watching or listening to for an hour or two aren't always people with whom we otherwise would want to spend 20 minutes. Steve Erickson artisthourlisten Change image and share on social
