Addicted
A Seattle singer-songwriter faces the music three decades after Cobain
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
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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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
Killer Style
A hollow man forges a new identity in the French horror comedy Deerskin
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
No Virgin Mary
Writer/actor Kelly O'Sullivan shines as one mess of a nanny in Saint Frances
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
Who You Gonna Ball?
A pair of ghostbusters get busy in Irish horror comedy Extra Ordinary
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
Housekeeping
A pair of 50-something women negotiate a strange cohabitation in OCT’s comedy The Roommate
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
The Weight
Robbie Robertson tells his story of The Band in Once Were Brothers
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
Hotel Massachusetts
A bereaved family takes the winter trip to hell in The Lodge
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
Sex, Death and Guinea Pigs
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s brilliant stage performance of Fleabag gets a limited run at Broadway Metro
You might think you know Phoebe Waller-Bridge. You might, like me, even think you love her a bit, a consequence of being seduced, and then … Continue reading