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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War and anti-war films at Zürich Film Festival
October 15, 2015 By Ed Rampell
NGO workers entangled behind the lines of a combat zone during the final days of former Yugoslavia's warfare; Danes embroiled in Afghanistan.
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The Chile coup and Pinochet’s “Christian” torture chamber in “Colonia”
October 9, 2015 By Ed Rampell
German director Florian Gallenberger's Colonia is arguably this year's Zürich Film Festival's hardest-hitting film.
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Media exposés in new films “Spotlight” and “The Program”
October 8, 2015 By Ed Rampell
"Spotlight" deals with the heavy subject matter of child abuse perpetrated by those posturing as Christians.
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Lesbian-themed film “Carol” in the era of conformity
October 7, 2015 By Ed Rampell
This is a slow-moving, deliberately paced character study of lovers whose sexual orientation challenges and threatens the status quo.
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“Forsaken”: Middle-aged gun Jack Bauer home on the deranged range
October 6, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Unless you are a diehard Western fan you may find this godforsaken flick torture to sit through.
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Frederick Wiseman’s tour de force “In Jackson Heights”
October 1, 2015 By Ed Rampell
An absorbing, documentary look at the multi-cultural community in Queens, New York City, where 167 languages are spoken.
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“Freeheld”: Ms. and Ms. Smith go to Washington
October 1, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Inspired by a true story. The precedent struck by Laurel and Stacie's struggle played a major role in the same-sex marriage movement.
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“The Man Who Knew Infinity”: An infinitely rewarding film
September 28, 2015 By Ed Rampell
"I found this film to be an infinitely rewarding biopic that showed 'math is an art, not a science.' "
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