Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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Marlon rides again: Hey Brando!
August 11, 2015Stevan 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, 2015Really, 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, 2015Rialto 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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“Green Grow the Lilacs”: Summer of the “Okies”
July 24, 2015WGTB 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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“Mr. Holmes”: Sherlock’s greatest case, a study in existentialism
July 23, 2015At 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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“Dying to Know” is new doc about a dynamic duo
July 22, 2015Gay Dillingham's "Dying to Know," narrated by Robert Redford, was an entertaining, informative doc about Ram Dass and Timothy Leary.
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“All American Girl” asks “who will save the children?”
July 22, 2015This play follows Katie, a bright and attractive girl committed to rescuing innocents from hardship and poverty, as she evolves into a passionate extremist.
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“Jimmy’s Hall”: Ken Loach’s Irish working class heroes
July 21, 2015"Jimmy's Hall" is about Jimmy Gralton, the only Irishman deported as an illegal alien from Ireland, the land of his birth, without so much as a trial!
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