Steve Erickson
Tomatometer-approved critic
Publications:
Chicago Reader,
Slant Magazine,
Village Voice,
Film Comment Magazine,
Brooklyn Magazine,
Arts Fuse,
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul,
Nashville Scene,
SpoutBlog,
Gay City News,
Spin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
Kinoscope,
Screen Slate,
CINE-FILE
Love Me Tender (2025)
85%
EDIT
“Love Me Tender seethes with a quiet intensity. ” –
Gay City News
Mar 3, 2026
Full Review
The Little Sister (2025)
88%
EDIT
“Although films about teenagers coming out long ago fostered their own cliches, “The Little Sister” gets past them. The sight of Fatima’s stare remains haunting. ” –
Gay City News
Mar 3, 2026
Full Review
In A Whisper (2026)
90%
EDIT
“In a Whisper feels surprisingly placid. Rather than being angry, it’s tasteful to a fault.” –
Gay City News
Mar 3, 2026
Full Review
Enzo (2025)
88%
EDIT
“Rather than viewing him as a puzzle that can be cracked, “Enzo” simply observes him in a stone-faced case study.” –
Gay City News
Mar 3, 2026
Full Review
Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It (2024)
EDIT
“The ways in which Preston’s life evades that “Behind The Music” narrative are the most interesting aspects of “Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It.”” –
Gay City News
Feb 19, 2026
Full Review
Honey Bunch (2025)
92%
EDIT
“ Honey Bunch has its virtues — rarely have the difficulties of a couple living together — and growing older together — been treated with such savage wit.” –
Arts Fuse
Feb 11, 2026
Full Review
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025)
82%
EDIT
“The film’s sincerity is undeniable, but the difficulty of satirizing a present that already feels outrageously out of control remains. The story never transcends its huge debt to past science fiction — this is not a new vision for our perilous moment. ” –
Arts Fuse
Feb 11, 2026
Full Review
Pillion (2025)
99%
EDIT
“As sexually frank as “Pillion” is, its dive into the push-and-pull of a long-term relationship is more startling.” –
Gay City News
Feb 5, 2026
Full Review
Jimpa (2025)
53%
EDIT
“In order to present a happy family, “Jimpa” has to defuse the very tensions it summons as soon as they’re brought up.” –
Gay City News
Feb 4, 2026
Full Review
A Private Life (2025)
81%
EDIT
“Ultimately, its balance falls in the right place, but as a thriller, it barely functions. ” –
Gay City News
Jan 12, 2026
Full Review
A Few Good Men (1992)
85%
EDIT
“[Jack Nicholson's] dramatic crescendo in A Few Good Men evokes just enough energy, not true pathos.” –
LA Weekly/Village Voice
Jan 8, 2026
Full Review
No Other Choice (2025)
97%
EDIT
“When the humor turns dark it is damned effective, particularly in the story’s bravura ending.” –
Arts Fuse
Jan 5, 2026
Full Review
Dead Man's Wire (2025)
92%
EDIT
“Dead Man’s Wire is meat-and-potatoes cinema.” –
Gay City News
Jan 5, 2026
Full Review
Marty Supreme (2025)
93%
EDIT
“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-adoring antihero.” –
Arts Fuse
Dec 29, 2025
Full Review
Hook (1991)
37%
EDIT
“Neither Spielberg nor his writers can be accused of exploiting the idea without caring about it: they do care about it, up to a point. But that's the point at which they simply don't know what to do with it.” –
L.A. Weekly
Dec 19, 2025
Full Review
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
92%
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“Wake Up Dead Man is a big step up from “Glass Onion,” the second installment in director Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” trilogy.” –
Gay City News
Dec 12, 2025
Full Review
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025)
85%
EDIT
“It’s a hymn to the pathos of living as a popular fictional character.” –
Arts Fuse
Dec 8, 2025
Full Review
Peaches Goes Bananas (2024)
EDIT
“Although it takes in these unglamorous parts of the artistic life, it presents the singer as a three-dimensional person, far beyond her outrageous persona.” –
Gay City News
Dec 4, 2025
Full Review
100 Nights of Hero (2025)
68%
EDIT
“Well-intentioned to a fault but unwilling to take real chances, “100 Nights of Hero” is queer cinema at its tamest.” –
Gay City News
Dec 2, 2025
Full Review
Dracula (2025)
68%
EDIT
“If ever there was a film bound to divide spectators, this is it. But its risk-taking exuberance is thrilling, though the results are uneven.” –
Arts Fuse
Nov 13, 2025
Full Review
Peter Hujar's Day (2025)
91%
EDIT
“Even in just 73 minutes, watching the film also feels like spending a day in his presence.” –
Gay City News
Nov 10, 2025
Full Review
Bunny (2025)
80%
EDIT
“The film’s prevailing mood is a stoned silliness that takes the edge off its more anxiety-inducing elements. ” –
Gay City News
Nov 7, 2025
Full Review
Lesbian Space Princess (2025)
98%
EDIT
“It comes with a message about the importance of loving oneself rather than caring too much about others’ opinions.” –
Gay City News
Nov 3, 2025
Full Review
The Mastermind (2025)
90%
EDIT
“Reichardt avoids obvious fashion choices, and uses little rock music. Its meticulous care for detail comes through particularly strongly in the scenes set in bus stations and hotels.” –
Arts Fuse
Oct 22, 2025
Full Review
After the Hunt (2025)
37%
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“To be as kind as possible to “After the Hunt,” its characters behave confusingly because they don’t understand or won’t admit their own motivations. ” –
Gay City News
Oct 9, 2025
Full Review
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