Steve Erickson, Author at Gay City News

The New York Film Festival's “All of Us Strangers” finds a new twist in the coming out story, one that reflects the changes in gay life since the ‘80s and the fact that many people do wait till middle age to speak openly to their parents.

Cinema

New York Film Festival stars LGBTQ directors, themes

By Steve Erickson

John Osborne and TJ Osborne of Brothers Osborne.

Music

September LGBTQ music: Brothers Osborne and Jlin

By Steve Erickson

Here's a still of Jonny, the protagonist. Credit should go to Shudder. Jonny (Kiah McKernan) in "Perpetrator."

Cinema

‘Perpetrator’ spills blood and guts in a high school world

By Steve Erickson

Lio Mehiel in "Mutt."

Cinema

‘Mutt’ review: Trauma overshadows a day in the life of a trans man

By Steve Erickson

Jaboukie is known for his work in comedy — and his music builds off his experience in that area.

Music

August LGBTQ music: Shamir and Jaboukie

By Steve Erickson

Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor) in the second season of "Heartstopper"

Second season of ‘Heartstopper’ returns to the drama of coming out

By Steve Erickson

"Kokomo City" opened July 28 at IFC Center.

Cinema

‘Kokomo City’ gives Black trans sex workers a platform to speak with frankness

By Steve Erickson

Big Freedia's latest album, Central City, comes more than two decades after her first single came out in 1999.

Music

July music: Big Freedia, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, and Greta van Fleet

By Steve Erickson

"Afire" has opened at IFC Center and Film at Lincoln Center

Cinema

In ‘Afire,’ a vacation in the woods coincides with climate change

By Steve Erickson

In "Biosphere," the end of the world opens up new possibilities for its sole characters, former president Billy (Mark Duplass) and his advisor and lifelong friend Ray (Sterling K. Brown), as they live together under a dome.

Cinema

In ‘Biosphere,’ a new world opens up after the apocalypse

By Steve Erickson

Intersex activists Alicia Roth Weigel, River Gallo, and Sean Saifa Wall in "Every Body."

Cinema

‘Every Body’ brings visibility to intersex community

By Steve Erickson

"Eldorado" arrived on Netflix on June 28.

Cinema

‘Eldorado’ examines LGBTQ nightlife in 1920s Berlin

By Steve Erickson

“Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy” opens on June 23 at Film Forum.

Cinema

‘Midnight Cowboy’ documentary: Putting a classic in context

By Steve Erickson

"Social Lubrication" is Dream Wife's third album.

Music

June LGBTQ music: Janelle Monae and Dream Wife

By Steve Erickson

“Brooklyn 45,” directed by Ted Geoghegan, streams on Shudder and AMC+ June 9.

Cinema

‘Brooklyn 45’: a gay veteran stares into the abyss

By Steve Erickson

A scene from "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne."

Cinema

Looking back on Udo Kier’s career across 200 films

By Steve Erickson

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