Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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Quintessential Quentin: “The Hateful Eight” reviewed
December 25, 2015It's worth seeing because of its scorching onscreen examination of racism -- then and now -- but it completely squanders the big screen process.
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Where there’s a Weill, there’s a way; Julia Migenes review
December 8, 2015Fans of Kurt Weill and cabaret-style music who won't trip over the language barrier are likely to enjoy Julia Migenes' bravura performance.
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Dalton Trumbo, the “Spartacus” screenwriter who broke the blacklist
November 19, 2015Dalton Trumbo, the jailed screenwriter who broke the Hollywood Blacklist, is making a comeback in a superb biopic.
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Rampling and Courtenay: The past preserved haunts the present in “45 Years”
November 19, 2015Andrew Haigh's film is a profoundly stirring one about a longtime married couple poignantly portrayed by two cinema greats.
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Leith: weaponized Aryans on film in North Dakota
November 16, 2015Neo-Nazis insinuate their way into the tiny town of Leith, pitting the hardcore reactionaries against the population of ordinary townsfolk and their allies.
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“Mediterranea”: Europe’s embattled migrants on film
November 13, 2015"Mediterranea" succeeds in putting the stateless, the homeless, and the wretched of the Earth in the limelight they deserve.
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“Embrace of the Serpent”: Odyssey into Amazonian “heart of darkness”
November 10, 2015Inter-species interaction between outer space aliens and human beings has long been a staple of the science fiction genre.
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General Nat Turner, the Black Spartacus in a new play
November 3, 2015It does not do Turner and his courageous followers justice, but it may be worth seeing for those who know little about one of the most electrifying moments in American history.
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