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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“Mediterranea”: Europe’s embattled migrants on film
November 13, 2015 By Ed Rampell
"Mediterranea" succeeds in putting the stateless, the homeless, and the wretched of the Earth in the limelight they deserve.
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“Embrace of the Serpent”: Odyssey into Amazonian “heart of darkness”
November 10, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Inter-species interaction between outer space aliens and human beings has long been a staple of the science fiction genre.
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General Nat Turner, the Black Spartacus in a new play
November 3, 2015 By Ed Rampell
It does not do Turner and his courageous followers justice, but it may be worth seeing for those who know little about one of the most electrifying moments in American history.
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“Moby-Dick”: Melville’s masterpiece gets an operatic treatment
November 2, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Although it has some fishy alterations, this is a mind-blowing production.
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“Scott and Hem”: An imagined second act of the crack up
October 27, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Mark St. Germain's "Scott and Hem" imagines a 1937 F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway meetup in Hollywood.
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Something for everyone: The sounds of Sondheim
October 26, 2015 By Ed Rampell
This bio-play of Stephen Sondheim dominates footage projected on a screen above the stage with six live singer/dancers onstage accompanied by a four-piece orchestra.
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“The Exit Interview (An Existential Comedy)” in L.A.
October 23, 2015 By Ed Rampell
If you want to get your Brecht on, and have a rip-roaring time, head on down to Hollywood's Theatre Row for a good laugh.
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“All My Sons”: Arthur Miller’s scathing critique of capitalism
October 22, 2015 By Ed Rampell
If you are a fan of drama you just owe it to yourself to see this play.
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