Ed Rampell

Ed Rampell is an L.A.-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. Rampell’s novel about the Native Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement for Indigenous rights, The Disinherited: Blood Blalahs, is being published this year.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell

“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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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