Continued from previous post. As World AIDS Day draws to a close here in California, I finally want to share with everyone the panel I...

Saturday, Dec. 1st is World AIDS Day -- an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of...

One of the most rewarding experiences I've had in making the film thus far, aside from doing interviews, is collaborating with a number...

It’s been over three years since I filmed my first interview for the documentary, and I realize that a day must soon come when it’s time...

My heartfelt thanks to everyone who sent me birthday wishes! While I never enjoy getting older, I do enjoy celebrating with friends, and...

One of my all-time favorite illustrators is the late, great J. C. Leyendecker. In an indirect way, his work played a significant factor...

The past year has been a bit tumultuous, from my father's death to helping a loved one recuperate from a heart attack. And now, after a...

(Read PART 1 / PART 2.) It's June 28th, 2018. Finally, the interview is about to happen. Erik and I had arrived early, and set up the...

(Read PART I here.) When Erik Sharkey and I first met with Cheryl Henson, our meeting didn’t quite go as planned. There was an...

“Hey man, are you sure you’re gonna be up for this?” It is early October, 2017. Erik Sharkey poses the question to me over the phone the...

The latest INDY CAST Indiana Jones podcast (episode 266) features an interview with author Mark O'Connell about his book, WATCHING SKIES...

Check out this terrific profile of David Edward Byrd, written by Angelina Lippert for Poster House. I'm happy to say that David is still...

A major motivation for my embarking on this film came during my interview for Kevin Burke's documentary, 24x36: A Movie About Movie...

I was saddened by the news of Bill Gold's passing. In a career spanning six decades, Bill Gold worked on some of the most famous movie...

It was around this time a year ago when I interviewed Rhona Gross at her home in North Carolina. She was a classmate of Richard Amsel’s...

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” ― Woody Allen I can’t believe we’re already into the month of May, and I...

For the uninitiated, I run two different websites on Richard Amsel. The first is www.richardamsel.info / www.richard-amsel.com, now going...

However extensive I've tried to be with my research into Richard Amsel's life and work, there always seems to be a new discovery (or,...

During my early research for preparing this website, I got to know producer Michael Danahy, who was friends with Richard Amsel during the...

It's hard to believe that I launched this website 10 years ago today. I began building the website in late 2007. I was unemployed at the...

It was over two years ago when I met Michael Danahy -- during the second interview I conducted for the documentary. I've yet to do a...

2017 is now coming to a close, and part of me just wants to shout out “Goodbye and good riddance!” There have been some dark times these...