Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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Pan African Film Festival: ‘Kipkemboi’ and ‘A Double Life’
March 14, 2024At PAFF, films span the spectrum from Oscar nominees to hard-to-find gems from Africa, the Caribbean, America and beyond that L.A. viewers are unlikely to be able to see at any other venue.
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Pan African Film Festival 2024: ‘Me Captain’ and ‘One Person, One Vote?’
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‘Right in the Eye,’ a live movie concert of George Méliès films
March 7, 2024Although Americans may have largely forgotten about Georges Méliès, every moviegoer owes this French motion picture pioneer an immense debt of gratitude.
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Pan-African Film Festival: The disappearing Black farmers of America
March 1, 2024For anyone interested in all the details of Black-owned farms, this is the movie for them.
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Pan-African Film Festival: Growing up Black in the GDR
February 28, 2024From Berlin to Benin and Togo - and back again.
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‘The Taste of Things’: A gastronomic feast of l’amour on film
February 12, 2024Writer/director Trần Anh Hùng’s The Taste of Things, a tasty full-course movie meal that serves up spectacular cuisine and rarefied romance, is an acquired taste.
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Divided selves in ‘Middle of the World’ about South America and Wall Street
February 6, 2024Rogue Machine’s first play of its 16th season is a worthy, thought-provoking addition to the canon of what is arguably Los Angeles’ best theatre company.
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‘POTUS’: The seven women keeping the great dumbass alive
January 31, 2024A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to the Forum—I mean, Geffen Playhouse.
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