Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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The Bushes, dirty tricks and regime change in nuclear-free Palau
June 30, 2015On June 30, 1985, 30 years ago today, Haruo Remeliik, the president of anti-nuclear Palau, had his brains blown out.
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Girlhood’s peaks and valleys: “Infinitely Polar Bear” reviewed
June 25, 2015Screenwriter Maya Forbes makes an auspicious directorial debut in this intensely personal film recreating her troubled Boston girlhood during the 1970s
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LA Film Festival: “Mekko”
June 23, 2015Sterlin Harjo's "Mekko" is a contemporary look at down and out Native Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Hey, Boo: To stage a Mockingbird
June 22, 2015Theater Review: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird; the Theatricum has its finger on the American pulse.
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Enigmatic Romanian film “The Japanese Dog” at SEEFest
June 15, 2015Films such as enigmatically named The Japanese Dog represent the drama of everyday life, without a single solitary screeching car chase, explosion or shooting.
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“Cartel Land” reviewed, and Mammoth Lakes Film Festival awards
June 15, 2015"Cartel Land" deservedly won the Bravery Award; this is yeoman filmmaking, done at great risk to the filmmakers as well as the participants.
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A would-be Gorbachev in the People’s Republic: “The Chinese Mayor”
June 4, 2015This film is an insider's look at Geng Yanbo, the reform-minded mayor of Datong, one of the People's Republic of China's most polluted cities.
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The cost of fame: “The Cult of JT Leroy”
June 3, 2015The film shows how nonfiction becomes novelized, with dramatization and confabulation fobbed off as "news" and "truth."
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