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Rick Levin

Staff writer for Eugene Weekly, Rick Levin been airing his grievances in newspapers for the better part of two decades.

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Assassins Targets America

The Actors Cabaret production of the Sondheim musical takes aim at our current political hell

Theater 7 years ago

You’ve got to hand it to Actors Cabaret of Eugene. As the name implies, ACE is a homespun purveyor of musical theater, and as such, … Continue reading →

There Will Be Blood

Nicholas Cage battles the forces of crazy evil in the instant cult classic Mandy

Film 7 years ago

I can’t help but feel there’s a sly political comment hiding in the “44” baseball jersey worn by a bloody Nicholas Cage as he sets … Continue reading →

Rust Never Sleeps

All the stage is a world for Cottage Theatre’s tireless Tony Rust

Theater 7 years ago

I once referred to local theater maven Tony Rust as the hardest-working man in local show biz, but I believe there’s a more apt description, … Continue reading →

Afterbirth of a Nation

A black cop infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan in Spike Lee’s powerful new film BlacKkKlansman

Film 7 years ago

The call-out controversy arising between Boots Riley, director of Sorry to Bother You, and director Spike Lee — whose new film, BlacKkKlansman, Riley accuses of … Continue reading →

Time Enough to Play

Local theater people stage a production from scratch with Operation Shadowbox’s 36-Hour Play Project

Theater 7 years ago

Seriously, I would like nothing more than to tell you all about the wonderful play set to premiere this Saturday at Lane Community College’s Blue … Continue reading →

WorryFree, and Everywhere in Chains

Sorry to Bother You takes on the crazy confusion of late capitalism

Film 7 years ago

Boots Riley’s debut movie is an outrageous and glorious mess. Its sympathies are intrinsically Marxist, but the aesthetics of Sorry to Bother You are a … Continue reading →

This Is Not a Drill

A father and daughter go off the grid in Oregon in Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace

Film 7 years ago

Director Debra Granik’s 2010 coming-of-age drama Winter’s Bone set a new highwater mark for American independent cinema. A work of anxious discovery, ancient entanglements and … Continue reading →

Tree of life

Part III of III

Arts 7 years ago

Mrs. Black stared at him. Her upper lip quivered.  He  reached to pick up the pen again, then decided against it. Instead he folded his … Continue reading →

Tree of Life

Part II of III: The Hard Sell

Arts 7 years ago

Her eyes widened in disbelief. Yes, he thought, the burnt romantic, thinking and therefore believing that there’s something to preserve in all this, something sacred … Continue reading →

Radio Ga Ga

ACE celebrates the songs of Queen in the dystopian musical We Will Rock You

Theater 7 years ago

Just when you think you never want to hear “Bohemian Rhapsody” ever again, it comes on the radio and immediately you’re sucked in by the … Continue reading →

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