World In Collapse
Monos reminds us why Hollywood expectations should shatter
All art is global and universal, but cinema — with its full dimensions of sound, image, language, worlds within worlds — is particularly so. The … Continue reading
Rick Levin
Staff writer for Eugene Weekly, Rick Levin been airing his grievances in newspapers for the better part of two decades.
Author: Rick Levin
Something Wicked This Way Comes
On your marks for the ghoulish, groovy spectacle of Eugene's 2nd annual Coffin Races
It’s noontime on a crisp and clear Saturday earlier this month when I convene at secret location in west Eugene with the team of Dead, … Continue reading
Baked in Tolerance
New OCT show may have you rethinking that wedding cake story
I confess, as I was slouching in my seat awaiting the opening act of The Cake, a “timely new comedy” by Bekah Brunstetter now playing … Continue reading
Saltwater Rednecks
The Peanut Butter Falcon is a smart, gritty buddy flick with a big loving heart
Leaving — it’s the true American pastime. Only squares stay put. Every free spirit, every renegade comes of age by getting the hell out of … Continue reading
Melvins and Redd Kross
In my humid music universe, the Melvins are gods. I first saw them at some shitty club in their stomping grounds of Olympia, Washington, in … Continue reading
‘Fucking Rich People!’
A wedding night goes seriously haywire in the horror satire Ready or Not
The super-duper rich aren’t like you or me. They just aren’t. The lives of those who enjoy the protections and privileges of enormous wealth are, … Continue reading
Melvin Returns!
Eugene filmmaker Henry Weintraub celebrates the 10th anniversary of his debut horror comedy
If you took mid-career George Romero, the late, great godfather of the zombie flick, and injected him with a wayward dose of DNA from Alex … Continue reading
Women at Sea
Maiden follows first all-female crew to sail the globe
I grew up on the water. My grandfather, like his father before him, owned and skippered a commercial fishing boat, the Defiance, a purse-seiner, which … Continue reading
The Rabbit in the Room
An invisible friend wreaks havoc in VLT’s production of the Mary Chase classic comedy Harvey
In retrospect, it strikes me as odd that I’ve never seen the 1950 film version of Harvey, Mary Chase’s Pulitzer-winning play about a pleasantly eccentric … Continue reading
Shelter Skelter
Tarantino tells a fairy tale of Manson-era Los Angeles in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Clocking in at nearly three hours, and restrained to the point of relative monkishness, the new Quentin Tarantino film is leaving many moviegoers scratching their … Continue reading