Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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Lights! Cameras! Action! Academy Museum features Hollywood history, hoopla and inclusivity
October 1, 2021The Motion Picture Academy’s latest creation is walking a tightrope, mixing showbiz pizzazz with world cinema and a reflectiveness on the medium’s origins and power.
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‘I’m Not a Comedian…I’m Lenny Bruce’: Ronnie Marmo channels the standup philosopher
September 30, 2021As a standup comic with a philosophical slant, Lenny was a pre-Social Media forerunner of the free speech cause.
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‘Our Man in Santiago’: A comedy about the overthrow of Salvador Allende?
September 28, 2021A "comic spy thriller inspired by the true story of a spectacularly botched U.S. attempt to overthrow Chile’s democratically elected leader.”
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‘Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster,’ a nonfiction creature feature
September 24, 2021You don’t have to be a horror fan to enjoy Thomas Hamilton’s documentary Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (I’m not and I did).
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‘Lizastrata’: Make eros, not thanatos, says Aristophanes
September 15, 2021The Troubadour Theater Company’s uproarious mounting of Lizastrata at the Getty Villa’s amphitheater is the latest of countless versions of Aristophanes’ Greek classic Lysistrata.
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U.S. imperialism’s original sin in Afghanistan began in 1979, not on 9/11
September 10, 2021As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 is observed, we also must pay attention to what led up to it back in 1979.
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‘The Big Scary “S” Word’: Documentary film viewers of the world, unite!
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Breakfast at Truman’s: Unanswered questions in ‘The Capote Tapes’ film
August 25, 2021This excellent, entertaining, informative documentary chronicling the life and career of one of America’s literary and gay icons is a cautionary tale.
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