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Steve Erickson

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Film and music critic, music producer, New Yorker. steeveecom.wordpress.com

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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In Gay City News, I wrote about Louise Weard's CASTRATION MOVIE CHAPTER III.II, playing this weekend at BAM: gaycitynews.com/catching-up-...
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Catching up with Louise Weard’s epic trans saga
Trans director Louise Weard’s “Castration Movie” series goes back to the real meaning of independent film. Speaking from inside a marginalized community,
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In the '70s, snuff films were an urban legend. Now the US government is making one and encouraging Americans to watch.
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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stillz’s memorable film #BarrioTriste, writes @callinamagician.bsky.social, transforms the dangers of life in Medellín into a haunting journey through cosmic horror, media distrust, and adolescent fear. artsfuse.org/335150/film-...
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Film Review: When Poverty Turns Surreal - The Arts Fuse
Stillz’s "Barrio Triste" transforms the dangers of life in Medellín into a haunting journey through cosmic horror, media distrust, and adolescent fear.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of the strangest songs of the '80s - Tammy Faye Bakker dissing Falwell and Swaggart to the tune of "Harper Valley PTA": www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2ij...
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Ballad of Jim and Tammy
YouTube video by ricola2727
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wild how many people think restorative justice and rehabilitation means running a YouTube channel espousing progressive politics while hiding a serious crime from your audience and employers.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This one features Water Damage, Abronia, Baba Zula, Saicobab, Thabo Tonick, Kea Mandela, Citizen Boy, Makhanj & Atmos Blaq, Pentangle, Arleta, Rhiannon Giddens, Radie Peat, Emma Ruth Rundle, Infinity Knives X Brian Ennals, Third Ear Band, Space Afrika, Light Conductor and Vince Staples.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The latest episode of "Radio Not Radio" offers half an hour of new South African music, folk music from around the world and one chord played for 20 minutes. You can listen it to here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
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10/3/2026 "Radio Not Radio"
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Beautifully obnoxious British kids fucking around: 300skullsandcounting.bandcamp.com/album/this-i...
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THIS IS SPA TOWN!, by 300SkullsAndCounting & Jenny Sparks
9 track album
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Heavy, jazzy math rock made with bass clarinet, violin, bass guitar and drums: ramblerecords.bandcamp.com/album/anatom...
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Anatomy Of Rage, by Convulsif
9 track album
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bandcamp Friday suggestions: Queer Latin bluegrass pop: cainculto.bandcamp.com/album/culto
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CULTO, by Cain Culto
13 track album
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 02/10/2026
An incredible Kiyoshi Kurosawa series on the Criterion Channel leads our streaming picks of the week.
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New to Streaming: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, The Last One for the Road, Coyote vs. Acme, Union County & More
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Coyote vs. Acme (Dave Gree...
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEPTEMBER PT. 2: NOBODY'S BUSINESS (Alan Berliner) PROCEDURES (Simon Liu) PSYCHO II (Richard Franklin) SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION (Tobe Hooper) SUGAR CANE ALLEY (Euzhan Palcy)
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BEST FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEPTEMBER PT. 1 (NYFF bounty edition): AT NIGHT (Beatrice Gibson) BURNING (Lee Chang-dong) LA GRADIVA (Marine Atlan) MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS PART II: EXILE (Julia Loktev) NAZA (Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor)
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Since NAZA opens today @ifccenter.bsky.social , here's a re-up of my @theartsfuse.bsky.social review: artsfuse.org/334685/film-...
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Film Review: "NAZA" — A Documentary Against Willful Blindness - The Arts Fuse
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s rigorously constructed follow-up to "No Other Land" uses testimony from Israeli military whistleblowers to expose the systems of surveillance, dehumanization, and moral...
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For Gay City News, I wrote an overview of this year's New York Film Festival: gaycitynews.com/2026-new-yor... @filmlinc.bsky.social . Beyond the films I wrote about, I'd recommend OVERT LISTENING, WHAT CAN'T BE MENTIONED & FOR THE MOON.
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The 2026 New York Film Festival: Exploring a queer past and present
In an interview with The Film Stage, New York Film Festival programmer Dennis Lim said, “I think the state of the world is oppressively horrible right now. I
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not caring about popular music doesn't make you a better person.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why did I look at any of the "Choosin' Texas" discourse? My eyes are burning!
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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@callinamagician.bsky.social on the revelatory documentary #naza: drawing on testimony from Israeli military whistleblowers, the film exposes the systems of surveillance, dehumanization, and moral evasion that enabled Israel’s genocide in Gaza. artsfuse.org/334685/film-...
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Marc Masters 🌵 @marcissist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Merge reissuing the Clean's "Great Sounds Great..." EP and "Getting Older" 7-inch, both only ever released in NZ before this. theclean.bandcamp.com/album/great-...
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Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-So Sounds So-So, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten!!, by The Clean
7 track album
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Where did hip-hop's obsession with lean come from, and why does it seem to have only grown stronger throughout the 2020s? From DJ Screw to Maxo Kream and Lil Uzi Vert, we charted the winding history of rap's drug of choice.
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A History of Hip-Hop’s Obsession With Lean
An in-depth look into the past and present of rap’s favorite drug.
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 21/09/2026
"I think the state of the world is oppressively horrible right now. I just don't know who would dispute that. So of course I think interesting filmmakers will want to tackle that." Dennis Lim talks with Nick Newman about the 64th New York Film Festival, beginning Friday:
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Dennis Lim on the 64th New York Film Festival, the “Alarming” NAZA Discourse, and Films to Seek
If you live in New York, you know this is the best time of year for filmgoing; if you don’t, you probably realize such and just wish you were here. The 64th New York Film Festival begins this Friday, ...
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Has Solidarity Cinema (via Plex) been working for anyone in the last few weeks?
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This one features Flute & Voice, Sarah Davachi, Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra, Ibukun Sunday, Janel Leppin, Matilda Tjader, Danielle Dax, Broadcast, T. H. Ligeti, Bilal Nasser, Chrome Chasm, John Barry, Hugo Largo, khhllr, Vanessa Wagner, Viajy Iyer, Caravan, Daevid Allen and Lex Walton.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Greet the blossoming of autumn with a new episode of "Radio Not Radio": www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
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9/19/2026 "Radio Not Radio" by callinamagician
Greet the arrival of fall with soundscapes and head music!
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/09/2026
The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Purplish hive stand up
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 14/09/2026
Adèle Haenel draws a connection between speaking up about sexual abuse & speaking up about the genocide in Palestine & the silencing of both, caused the whole episode to be wiped, thus proving her point as she said. Wd be a shame if everyone watched & shared. www.instagram.com/reel/DdH32Ai...
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Venice Dispatch: The Garden of Forking Paths
From West Bank brutalities in VR to the Best Director-winning "DAU," Werner Herzog's synchronized twins to Elon Musk and Jorge Luis Borges.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New feature-length Elephant Graveyard video out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn9p...
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How Comedy Drowned in a Radioactive Cesspool of Corruption and Depravity
YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For my September LGBTQ music roundup in Gay City News, I wrote about upcoming albums by Soft Cell and Sylvan Esso. gaycitynews.com/september-lg...
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September LGBTQ music: Soft Cell and Sylvan Esso
Gay City News’ September music roundup reviews the latest albums by electronic pop duo Soft Cell, whose singer Marc Almond is gay, and indie pop group Sylvan
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This one features Sensational, RZA, DJ Exe/Cacu Chuu, Um, Jennifer?, Bizarros, Cramps, Ghost Dubs, Open Mike Eagle, pinponpanpon, Koko Taylor, Fyore, Cities Aviv, Six Sex, The Architect, John Glacier, Mc Lan, Cage, Gregory Isaacs, Lavidaloca/TeeZandos, Odyssey Cult, Dos Santos, Anysia Kim, etc.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As autumn begins, take off to hip-hop, psych, dub, baile funk and more with the latest episode of "Radio Not Radio": www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
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9/5/2026 "Radio Not Radio" by callinamagician
Listen to 9/5/2026 "Radio Not Radio" by callinamagician for free. Follow callinamagician to never miss another show.
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 02/09/2026
Chronovisor directors Kevin Walker and Jack Auen talk with @callinamagician.bsky.social about crafting one of the most astounding debut features of the year, opening Friday.
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The High Adventure of Research: Kevin Walker and Jack Auen on Chronovisor
Uniting the physical and metaphysical, Chronovisor follows Columbia professor Béatrice Courte on a quest to research the titular object. Father Pellegrino Ernetti, an Italian monk, claimed to be one o...
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Prince's Vault may not be "Timeless"
The Prince estate reboots their excavation of the Vault with an overdubbed, dispiriting mess.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
BEST FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS IN AUGUST: BABIKUIERA (Don Featherstone) THE BOARD (Tony Ganz) BODYHACKERS (Carlos Conceiçao) FILIPINANA (Rafael Manuel) FOLIES MEURTRIERS (Antoine Pellisier) IT'S MY TURN (Claudia Weill) LITTLE PEACH (Mikio Naruse) MIXED BLOOD (Paul Morrissey) SUPERDYKE (Barbara Hammer)
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For @theartsfuse.bsky.social 's September "Short Fuses" column, I reviewed Haruomi Hosono's new album SINCERELY YOURS. Scroll down to "Alternative Music." artsfuse.org/332127/septe...
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September 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.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"As far back as Alabama Shakes’s breakthrough hit, “Hold On,” a social anxiety has run through much of the band’s music, and I Must Be Dreaming is no exception. “ www.slantmagazine.com/music/alabam...
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Alabama Shakes 'I Must Be Dreaming' Review: Deconstructing the American Dream
The album’s sonic milieu is a fitting callback to another period of social upheaval.
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Jon W. @rarefilmm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A little bonus track for the weekend: a collection of 38 music videos by some of the world’s most noteworthy directors before they became household names or broke through. transfer.it/t/UhjEEJsVzZbC
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Why does Tom Hardy rap with an American accent?
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The show features John Cameron, Ichiko Aoba, John Cage, Robert Wyatt, Ysa C, Mad Professor, Dawn Richard, Ayra Starr, Moving Gelatine Plates, Roy Montgomery & Martha Skye Murphy, Dis Fig, Original Koffee, Kinact, Saul Williams, B-52's, L'Rain, Sam Kidel, Kate Carr, Arca, Waakya, Kinact & Team Work.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
On my latest episode of "Radio Not Radio," take off to dub, prog, field recordings, library music...and Phoebe Bridgers! Listen here: www.mixcloud.com/callinamagic...
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8/22/2026 "Radio Not Radio" by callinamagician
Listen to 8/22/2026 "Radio Not Radio" by callinamagician for free. Follow callinamagician to never miss another show.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
TIL Nagisa Oshima made a documentary about Mao and the Cultural Revolution in 1969. The only copy available in the Anglosphere was dubbed into English by the CIA, who wanted to use it internally.
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Album title of the year: DJ Laserdisc's LSD PUTARIA EMULATOR
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"If documentarians are monsters, it is in the etymological sense of the word: as warnings, as omens of things to come. Rather than blame the monster, we’d be wise to listen to it." www.documentary.org/feature/dark...
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Dark Clouds: Why Are Documentarians Depicted as Such Predatory Narcissists?
Fictional depictions of nonfiction filmmakers present us as predatory narcissists who unwittingly become monstrous stand-ins for documentary practice
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Kane Parsons has dropped a new BACKROOMS short on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewZx...
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Backrooms - Everything Must Go
YouTube video by Kane Pixels
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
For my August music roundup in Gay City News, I wrote about new projects from Katseye and Saul Williams: gaycitynews.com/august-lgbtq...
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August LGBTQ music: Katseye’s ‘Wild’ and Saul Williams’ ‘Leap Life’
This month, Gay City News reviews the latest projects by pop group Katseye, whose members Lara Raj and Megan Skiendiel are bi, and queer spoken word artist
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
a guy digitized some old 80s Italian ambient tapes and one of the guys who made the music saw it and swung into the comments to say thanks for doing this, we loved making music back then maybe we’ll do it again & man that’s a good feeling youtu.be/2XwkPbBtiAQ?...
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TERRA DELLA SERA - 1980's ITALIAN AMBIENT SYNTH TAPES collection - 6,5 hours long
YouTube video by Jeroen van de Sande
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Friends Frankie and Molly’s devotion to each other is surpassed only by their dedication to spending all day stoned. Weed comedies have often been built upon male duos. Queer director Dylan Meyer’s “The Wrong Girls” lets women into this picture. gaycitynews.com/the-wrong-gi...
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The Wrong Girls’: The high adventures of two very devoted friends
Friends Frankie (Kristen Stewart) and Molly's (Alia Shawkat) devotion to each other is surpassed only by their dedication to spending all day stoned. Weed
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Twilight Of The Edgelords
Adam Parfrey, Jim Goad, and their vanished world
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Steve Erickson @callinamagician.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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‘The Matrix’ Director Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Won’t Finance Her $10 Million Thriller Because It’s Got a ‘Wall-to-Wall Trans Cast’
"The Matrix" director Lilly Wachowski says Hollywood won't fund her $10 million thriller because of its "wall-to-wall trans cast."
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