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

U.S.

The Pentagon and Hawaii, militarized state of armed occupation
September 28, 2015 By Ed Rampell
U.S. armed occupation of Hawaii threatens the lives and well-being of indigenous people and others for whom the islands are home.
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Arts

Racism as a pigment of your imagination: “Citizen: An American Lyric”
August 26, 2015 By Ed Rampell
The cutting-edge new play, with its ripped-from-the-headlines topicality, is, sadly, already in need of updating.
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Arts

Beyond this door is another dimension: capitalism’s “Patterns” of (mis)behavior
August 14, 2015 By Ed Rampell
"Patterns" was written for the little screen by one of television's titans, the late, great Rod Serling.
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Arts

Marlon rides again: Hey Brando!
August 11, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Stevan Riley's great new documentary "Listen to Me Marlon" is a must-see for viewers interested in film/theater history, the art of acting, celebrity activism, and Brando the man and artist.
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Arts

“The End of the Tour” is more snore than tour
August 10, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Really, whose idea was it to film a blabfest about a guy purportedly on anti-depressants?
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Arts

Savoring Sautet: Five films by French auteur Claude Sautet re-released
July 27, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Rialto Pictures is theatrically re-releasing five films by one of France's lesser known, yet nonetheless noteworthy auteurs, Claude Sautet, in L.A. at the Laemmle Royal Theater..
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Arts

“Green Grow the Lilacs”: Summer of the “Okies”
July 24, 2015 By Ed Rampell
WGTB is presenting Lynn Riggs' 1931 classic Green Grow the Lilacs, wherein two of the townsfolk identify themselves as being one quarter Native.
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Arts

“Mr. Holmes”: Sherlock’s greatest case, a study in existentialism
July 23, 2015 By Ed Rampell
At 76, Ian McKellen plays a 93-year-old Sherlock living at what appear to be the white cliffs of Dover and as a younger Holmes, hired for what was to be his last case.
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