‘The Fifth Estate’: A Hit Job on WikiLeaks?
By Ed Rampell, October 10, 2013 Is Tinseltown’s new WikiLeaks feature film fact or fiction?read more
View ArticleNew Documentary 'The Kill Team' Pulls No Punches
By Ed Rampell, October 15, 2013 War is hell -- a point this new film gets across with excruciating detail.read more
View ArticleNew Film 'Capital' Has Banksters In the Sights
By Ed Rampell, Oct. 25, 2013 Oscar-winning director Costa-Gavras does it again with this takedown of big finance.read more
View Article'The Square': A Revolutionary Film in Every Sense
By Ed Rampell, Nov. 1, 2013 The gripping reality of Egypt's revolt will take your breath away.read more
View ArticleRumsfeld's 'Unknown': Film Lays Defense Chief Bare
By Ed Rampell, Nov. 13, 2013 Errol Morris sits down with Bush's Pentagon hitman and comes away with much to discuss.read more
View ArticleThe Four Most Compelling JFK Assassination Films
By Ed Rampell, Nov. 22, 2013 As we remember Kennedy's killing, we also recall these unforgettable films.read more
View Article'Mandela' Biopic Captures the Epic Sweep of Revolution
By Ed Rampell, Dec. 6, 2013 Film about Mandela's struggle, which premiered the day of his death, gives a convincing portrait.read more
View ArticleAttorney: Chelsea Manning Could Be Free by 2020
By Ed Rampell, Dec. 10, 2013 Attorney David Coombs targets Feb. 3, 2020 for Manning's possible early release.read more
View Article'Wolf of Wall Street' is One of Scorsese's Best Films
By Ed Rampell, Dec. 25, 2013 The maestro of crime dramas puts free market capitalism in his viewfinder.read more
View ArticleAnd the Best Progressive Films of 2013 Are...
By Ed Rampell, Jan. 16, 2014 Here are the nominees for the 7th annual Progie Awards!read more
View ArticleEconomist: Fix America By Bringing Democracy to Work
By Ed Rampell, Jan. 21, 2014 Richard Wolff on how we overcome the drawbacks of American capitalism.read more
View Article100 Years On, Charlie Chaplin's Progressive Legacy Looms Large
By Ed Rampell, Feb. 6, 2014 This titan of cinema should be remembered not just as a comedian, but as a hero.read more
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Ken Burns Interview
By Ed Rampell, December 1, 2012 America’s preeminent television documentarian, Ken Burns, returned to the little -- and big -- screen in November with a proverbial bang. The two-part The Dust Bowl --...
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An Interview with Oliver Stone
By Ed Rampell, December 10, 2012 Oliver Stone, Hollywood’s cinematic scourge of the status quo, is back with what might well be his most ambitious work. The Oscar-winning writer/director of radical...
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Slavery and Emancipation in the Movies
By Ed Rampell and Luis Reyes, December 22, 2012 Since 1915, slavery -- and the struggle against it -- has been at the heart of some of filmdom’s greatest productions that often snare Oscar gold,...
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Progressives Score with Academy Award Nominations
By Ed Rampell, January 10, 2013 As America observes the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, actors depicting the Great Emancipator, an abolitionist Congressman and an immigrant who...
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A Hollywood Protest Against "Zero Dark Thirty"
By Ed Rampell, February 19, 2013 On Sunday, as Tinseltown prepared for the annual Academy Awards presentations and setup bleacher seats on Hollywood Boulevard’s fabled Walk of Fame, an...
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How the Oscars, and Michelle Obama, Saluted the CIA
By Ed Rampell, February 25, 2013 The three top professions that specialize in “make believe” -- Hollywood, intelligence agencies and the Executive Branch -- collided Sunday at the Dolby Theatre as the...
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The Hollywood Left Says Goodbye to Hugo Chavez
By Ed Rampell, March 7, 2013 After the Venezuelan leader’s untimely death at age 58 on March 5, Danny Glover’s publicist sent this prepared statement to The Progressive: “In sadness and in tribute to...
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Jane Fonda Cements the Peace Sign
By Ed Rampell, April 29, 2013 Jane Fonda made the peace sign as she dipped her hand in wet cement during the April 27 autograph ceremony at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre. The ebullient two-time...
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