Tree of life
Part I of III: Being here
The woman sitting across the desk from him was ravaged by grief. They were all ravaged by grief, in one way or another. But each … 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
Taking it to the Streets
Locally and nationally, the religious left is making its impact felt with T’ruah and the Poor People’s Campaign
Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein of Eugene’s Temple Beth Israel is measured yet urgent when discussing the way her faith compels her to work for … Continue reading
It’s A Family Affair
Horrors of domestic strife, inconsolable grief and supernatural evil run rampant in Hereditary
There are a handful of movies I never tire of watching, and one of them is Rosemary’s Baby. That film, about the birth of Satan’s … Continue reading
The Direction of Their Dreams
Springfield High Students Turn Their Outdoor Adventures Into Journalistic Gold
I realize it’s a fairly risky proposition, in these strange days of division and disruption and “fake news,” for a journalist to beg your trust, … Continue reading
Written in Stone
Eugene’s ambient post-rockers Ninth Moon Black celebrate the release of Amaranthine
Contrary to common misperception, metal-heads tend to be the nicest dudes in any given music scene, and Eric Eiden, guitarist for local outfit Ninth Moon … Continue reading
Losing My Religion
Puppets wreak hell on a fundamentalist ministry in OCT’s Hand to God
I have to say that when it comes to art, I categorically reject the idea of “trigger warnings,” which is simply another term for censorship. … Continue reading
No Place to Fall
A young cowboy slips from the saddle in Chloé Zhao’s heartbreaking new movie The Rider
Director Chloé Zhao’s The Rider is unlike any American film I’ve seen. Its closest compatriot might be Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho (1991), … Continue reading
Try Not To Breathe
Joaquin Phoenix plays a disturbed hit man taking on sex traffickers in You Were Never Really Here
In 1976, a young director by the name of Martin Scorsese sent shockwaves across American culture with his fifth feature film, Taxi Driver, the nightmarish … Continue reading
Silence of the Lambs
A family struggles to survive in absolute quiet in the apocalyptic horror thriller A Quiet Place
The first third of director John Krasinki’s horror film A Quiet Place is smart and plenty creepy, but it had me wondering: Why all the … Continue reading
Flesh and Blood
Dark secrets haunt an American family in OCT’s production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child
Between my two favorite American playwrights, Tennessee Williams and Sam Shepard, I find Shepard to be, inexplicably, the more familiar but less accessible of the … Continue reading