We've got issues.
Staff writer for Eugene Weekly, Rick Levin been airing his grievances in newspapers for the better part of two decades.
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 Seattle music scene of the ’90s that gave rise to a slew of now legendary bands — Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, to name … Continue reading
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
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
A ghastly emptiness lies at the center of Deerskin, the latest film by French director Quentin Dupieux. That emptiness signals not fillable blank space but a … Continue reading
We’ve been seeing a lot of this in cinema lately: A young or at least youngish woman, a millennial or cusping thereabouts, intelligent but adrift, … Continue reading
Irish humor strikes my ingrained American sensibilities in a strange way, and I like it. Whereas British comedy is mannered even in its absurdity (see … Continue reading
For nearly 20 years now, I’ve held a regular gig reviewing local theater productions, first in Seattle and then here in Eugene. What began as … Continue reading
My vote for greatest American rock band of all time tends to hop back and forth. Most of the time, I cast the ballot for … Continue reading
Odd, offhanded things people say can stick in your head forever, and there’s no real accounting for why. Years ago, while we were both working … Continue reading