Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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‘A Man of No Importance’ theater review
May 20, 2025The play is a bold and highly entertaining production that defends against both censorship and persecution.
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Moloka’i Bound: Film review
May 12, 2025Polynesian fathers and sons take center stage in the feature at the annual FilmFest, highlighting South Seas Cinema.
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‘TE Puna Ora (The Source of Life)’: Film review
May 5, 2025Polynesian Wahine (Women) warriors fighting the good fight take center stage in two docs at the annual FilmFest, highlighting South Seas Cinema.
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Seoul on ice: A marriage of inconvenience in ‘The Wedding Banquet’
April 22, 2025The movie is an enjoyable, well-meaning filmic feast, an ode to true love and to being true to thine own self.
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‘Last Night at Mikell’s’ with James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and Miles Davis
April 18, 2025The play imagines a final meeting of the minds at their beloved and historic gathering place.
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AOC, Sanders, Baez, Neil Young, rock the free world at L.A. ‘Bernie-chella’
April 16, 2025Themes of class struggle, people power, labor militancy, and anti-authoritarianism ignite the massive Fighting Oligarchy rally.
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‘Jane Eyre’: Charlotte’s web captures Me Rochester, You Jane on stage
April 8, 2025Jeanne Syquia embodies the title character’s intensity, integrity, intellect and sensitivity with her finely etched portrait of the 19ish-year-old governess yearning to breathe free.
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Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival: Theatre review
April 1, 2025Annual festival and gala honors multi-cultural one-woman shows—and then some.
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