Hocus Pocus & Rocky Horror Picture Show
Every Friday and Saturday evening, Old Nick’s Pub turns its back lot into a drive-in movie theater. The setup is complete with a 25-foot inflatable … Continue reading
Film Archive
Borat in Eugene? Very nice!
Eugene has an unexpected cameo in the latest Borat installment
Some will stream the new Borat sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, to see for themselves whether former New York City mayor and current Trump crony Rudy … Continue reading
‘The Days are Just Packed’ for Young Filmmaker
19-year-old Miles Dixon wins award and nominations at the All-American High School Film Festival
The film community in Lane County has a young new contender. Miles Dixon, a 19-year-old who graduated early from Churchill High School in 2018, won … Continue reading
For Those About to Rock
Not even COVID-19 can stop Bill and Ted from saving the world
Long before Anaheim became the “City of Kindness,” a condition that has supposedly spread to Eugene and other cities, San Dimas was home to two … Continue reading
Locally Sourced Movies
YouTube anthology series highlights Eugene-based filmmakers
A young woman in the midst of major life transition visits Eugene only to be transported to a mystical fairytale land. While that sounds not far … Continue reading
A Fantastic Old Guard
Enjoy the immortal pleasure of watching Charlize Theron mix it up on screen
Recently, The New York Times ran an entire article about how enjoyable it is to watch Charlize Theron fight. Frankly, it wasn’t long enough. Given … Continue reading
Movie Nights
Drive-in movies return to the Eugene-Springfield area
The last drive-in movie theater in the Eugene/Springfield area, located at 1450 Henderson Avenue, closed in 1987, according to CinemaTreasures.org, one of the internet’s most … Continue reading
Day Trippers
A quantum loop complicates things in the surprising romantic comedy Palm Springs
Perhaps our ongoing national catastrophe, and all the exhaustion and despair it entails, have weakened my critical faculties, but I must say I was unexpectedly … Continue reading
The Disappearance Artist
Elizabeth Moss plays the author of 'The Lottery' in the creepy biopic Shirley
I’ve argued here and elsewhere that, for my money, one of the most authentically feminist films of the past 25 years is Winter’s Bone, Debra … Continue reading
Rick’s Picks
EW’s long-time film critic shares his streaming favorites
There are few modern television series I admire more than Netflix’s Ozark, an urban-to-rural family crime drama whose deep dive into moral decay would make … Continue reading