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

Arts

A grand romance in staged Around the World in 80 Days
May 19, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Lightning-fast changing of costumes, props and sets lends itself to levity as mustaches droop and muttonchops fall off of undaunted actors who know the show must go on.
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Arts

To drone or not to drone? – “Good Kill” asks the question
May 15, 2015 By Ed Rampell
A film has been made dramatizing the dubious Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program and the controversies surrounding it.
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Arts

Bewitched: America’s Puritan past – and present
May 7, 2015 By Ed Rampell
"Abigail/1702" reminds us of America's primal sins and psychoses, and ponders the deeply reactionary side of U.S. history.
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Arts

A flawed documentary, “Visions in the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson”
May 5, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Why doesn't "Visions" deal with this controversy that spurred Hawaiian protesters to march in the streets?
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Arts

Big Muddy movies: The top ten Vietnam War films
April 30, 2015 By Ed Rampell
Today is the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War; a great way to reflect is through 'Nam war movies.
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Arts

Screamscape: The timely play “Dreamscape” about police killings
April 30, 2015 By Ed Rampell
"Dreamscape" is an urgent, ripped-from-the-headlines story about a police shooting of a young Black person.
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Arts

“Words by Ira Gershwin”: Where’s the man behind the legendary lyrics?
April 29, 2015 By Ed Rampell
The show's tagline is "Meet the man behind the legendary lyrics." But after over two hours spectators will learn precious little about Ira.
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Opinion

On 40th anniversary of Vietnam War’s end, it’s mea culpa time
April 28, 2015 By Ed Rampell
The Vietnamese - victims of invasion, aggression and atrocities - haven't forgotten us.
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