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

Two “All Power”-ful Panther docs at Pan African Film Festival
February 13, 2017 By Ed Rampell
The PAFF's exec. director, Ayuko Babu, was a member of the Black Panther Party and imbues the filmfest with its high level of political consciousness.
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Arts

Mozart opera, feminism, and Allah the merciful
February 2, 2017 By Ed Rampell
Director James Robinson has reset Mozart’s 18th-century "Singspiel" in the Roaring Twenties.
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Culture

“The Salesman”: Iranian film asks: Is this the enemy?
January 26, 2017 By Ed Rampell
“The days of cinema giving answers is over. Cinema should ask questions…"
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Arts

Amazing “Amélie, A New Musical,” now in L.A., headed for Broadway
December 21, 2016 By Ed Rampell
L.A. theatergoers have been experiencing an embarrassment of onstage riches during the holiday season.
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Opinion

Did Donald Trump kill my best friend?
November 4, 2016 By Ed Rampell
It was Trump who bragged that “when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."
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Books

Trump — and trouble — in paradise
October 31, 2016 By Ed Rampell
"The Making of Donald Trump" is a new book that sheds light on how the real estate baron/reality TV star really operates.
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Arts

“Unbound”: A generational saga from Panthers to Occupiers
October 31, 2016 By Ed Rampell
Playwright D.G. Watson’s Unbound proves the old cliché “politics makes strange bedfellows.”
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Arts

“The Source” updates opera for the WikiLeaks age
October 26, 2016 By Ed Rampell
"The Source" is to be applauded for daring to tackle such controversial subject matter.
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