Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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L.A. Times Bomb: Docu-play puts media and history on trial
May 17, 2019"LA Times Bomb" deserves to be presented at other outlets and forums. It could be nothing short of explosive.
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‘Occupied Cinema’: An audacious Serbian documentary about the Occupy Movement
May 14, 2019If “audacity in cinema” is the theme of this year’s South East European Film Festival, then this is among the 14th annual SEEfest’s most audacious films.
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L.A. Asia Pacific Filmfest commemorates a memorable Maori moviemaker
May 10, 2019A terrific biopic about Maori moviemaker Merata Mita, the first Pacific Islander woman to direct a feature film.
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‘El Gato Montés’: A gypsy, bandit, and torero walk into a bullring
May 8, 2019This provocative production about a ménage à trois is one of LA Opera’s most outrageous undertakings.
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‘Eating Up Easter’: A fresh and welcome filmic portrait of Rapa Nui
May 6, 2019If you get a chance to see this film don’t miss it—Eating Up Easter is good until the last bite!
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‘Knock Down the House’: Four female Democratic insurgents challenge the status quo
May 3, 2019Can socialism be achieved through the electoral process without a revolution? Some might answer in two words: Salvador Allende.
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South East European Film Festival highlights audacity in cinema: ‘Moon Hotel Kabul’
May 3, 2019The 14th annual SEEfest was, appropriately, kicked off on May Day with an opening night gala at the prestigious Writers Guild of America Theater in Beverly Hills.
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‘Red Joan’: The British Rosenbergs?
April 26, 2019Nunn’s stodgy Red Joan rarely rises above the form of filmed theatre and never becomes, alas, a truly realized feature film in its own write/right.
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