Ed Rampell

Ed Rampell is an LA-based film historian and critic, author of "Progressive Hollywood: A People’s Film History of the United States," and co-author of "The Hawaii Movie and Television Book." He has written for Variety, Television Quarterly, Cineaste, New Times L.A., and other publications. Rampell lived in Tahiti, Samoa, Hawaii, and Micronesia, reporting on the nuclear-free and independent Pacific and Hawaiian Sovereignty movements.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell

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‘Abominable’: Himalayan hijinks highlight awesome animated adventure with a Yeti
September 27, 2019 By Ed Rampell
The delightful computer-animated feature Abominable is one of those rare movies that will enchant adults and children alike.
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Pachyderm puppetry and human folly in ‘Miss Lilly Gets Boned’
September 24, 2019 By Ed Rampell
Boned is must-see, essential theatergoing that is for adventurous ticket buyers who enjoy being challenged, amazed and who, well, aren’t boneheads.
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Red Diaper Baby: Big Brother’s still watching you
September 23, 2019 By Ed Rampell
The world premiere of Leda Siskind’s thought-provoking, topical The Surveillance Trilogy is so perfectly timed.
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Artists Rise Up Los Angeles returns with stand-up benefit for Planned Parenthood
September 11, 2019 By Ed Rampell
Artists Rise Up Los Angeles (ARULA) returned to the stage on August 27 at The Federal NoHo in order to raise consciousness and cash for a cause.
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‘Scraps’ co-star speaks out: An interview with Denise Yolén
September 10, 2019 By Ed Rampell
This is L.A. theatergoers’ last chance to see one of the year’s best dramas.
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The art of ‘The Heal,’ Sophocles’s ‘Philoctetes’ in a Malibu amphitheater
September 6, 2019 By Ed Rampell
The production, performed in front of an ancient Roman-style villa that is a repository of relics wrought contemporaneously when Sophocles created his dramas, is suffused with philosophical musings.
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Paul Robeson Theatre Festival: Like ‘Ol’ Man River’ Robey keeps rolling along
August 30, 2019 By Ed Rampell
The 2019 Paul Robeson Theatre Festival took place Aug. 23-25 with the theme of Awakening the Past, Present and Future: A Retrospective.
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‘This is Not Berlin’: South of the border like never before
August 23, 2019 By Ed Rampell
This audacious, bold, colorful film is for moviegoers who like to see the world with fresh eyes.
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