Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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A Sam Shepard double bill, a hilarious send-up of film conventions
January 28, 2020"This venerable mainstay of L.A.’s live stage scene is presenting the “Circa ’69” season, with revivals “of significant and adventurous plays."
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Futuristic world premiere play ‘Disposable Necessities’ mixes up race, gender, sexuality
December 19, 2019Rogue Machine scores again with Disposable, which is in line with the venerable company’s pursuit of new, quirky, envelope-pushing productions.
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The estranged bedfellows of ‘Bombshell’: What the Fox is going on?
December 17, 2019The star-studded anti-Fox News movie Bombshell is perfect for the #MeToo era.
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Queer Eye for the Cinefile: How Enlightened was the Enlightenment?
December 10, 2019"Portrait of a Lady On Fire" film review.
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The new Belorussian film ‘Debut’: Crime and punishment and art therapy
December 6, 2019A well-made, touching documentary.
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‘Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator’: Oh! Kolkata, yogi bare and boo-boos
December 3, 2019As Eva Orner’s chilling Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator contends, Bikram Choudhury—who is now a fugitive from the U.S. but still teaching and cashing in elsewhere—is one of the latest in a long line of figures from...
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Borderline ‘Ivana the Terrible’: A chip off of Dusan Makavejev’s cinematic block
December 2, 2019Shot tongue in cheek, Terrible is 89 minutes of mostly good fun.
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‘Clemency’: Dead woman walking, a capital film on capital punishment
November 27, 2019Alfre Woodard, one of our elder stateswomen of the acting profession, delivers a powerhouse of a performance as the prison warden, Bernardine Williams, Clemency’s main character.
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