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

Culture

‘Dreamgirls’: A dream come true for kinetic choreo and Motown fans
July 25, 2018 By Ed Rampell

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Two South Seas cinema superstars open in ‘Skyscraper’ and ‘Siberia’
July 13, 2018 By Ed Rampell

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Arts

‘Slaughter City’: Class struggle meets ‘Twilight Zone’
June 27, 2018 By Ed Rampell
This proletarian drama has a vibe similar to HBO’s Westworld series: Although its flesh and blood assembly line laborers are no androids, they are indeed all-too-human.
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Arts

‘Lysistrata Unbound’: An ancient Greek sit-down sex strike
June 26, 2018 By Ed Rampell
One suspects that Aristophanes is smiling down from Mount Olympus upon this latest adaptation of his masterpiece.
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Culture

Eco-messages abound in ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’
June 22, 2018 By Ed Rampell
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s eco-theme raises it from being just a crowd pleasing special FX-laden spectacle to a more worthy movie meditation upon species going extinct.
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Arts

‘100 Aprils’: Armenian genocide makes for heavy drama
June 15, 2018 By Ed Rampell
This tragedy about genocide is for more adventurous ticket buyers with a leaning toward the serious, who don’t mind being challenged.
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Arts

O’Neill’s autobiographical ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ a must-see
June 14, 2018 By Ed Rampell
The Bristol Old Vic Production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night is a masterful rendition of Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece about the human condition.
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Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’: An ancient class struggle epic with modern topicality
June 5, 2018 By Ed Rampell
In the first act the company’s timing was occasionally off, but by Act II they were off and flying into the wild blue yonder.
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