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May 13, 2017
24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters
At long, long last, it's here: the documentary 24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters, Kevin Burke's loving valentine to movie art. David...
May 7, 2017
Roger Reed: The illustrated man
I remember, as a kid, thumbing through a 1984 edition of ILLUSTRATOR IN AMERICA at my local library. It was a massive, oversized coffee...
May 6, 2017
Spiros Angelikas: The most interesting man in the advertising world
“Do you mind if I smoke?” Spiros Angelikas asks me, politely. His voice is smooth, smoky, calm, and assured, with a thick but...
May 5, 2017
20,000 Leagues of his own: interviewing Greg Hildebrandt
It’s almost impossible to overstate how greatly our modern conceptions of fantasy art have been shaped by the work of the Brothers...
Mar 11, 2017
CB Creative Bloq deems Amsel's RAIDERS poster #1
Cavan Scott's Creative Bloq has placed Amsel's rerelease poster for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK at the very top of his 25 top movie posters...
Mar 11, 2017
CB Creative Bloq deems Amsel's RAIDERS poster #1
Cavan Scott's Creative Bloq has placed Amsel's rerelease poster for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK at the very top of his 25 top movie posters...
Mar 11, 2017
CB Creative Bloq deems Amsel's RAIDERS poster #1
Cavan Scott's Creative Bloq has placed Amsel's rerelease poster for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK at the very top of his 25 top movie posters...
Jan 23, 2017
My Indycast interview regarding Amsel!
Last Thursday I did a Skype interview with Ed Dolista for the Indycast blog. We discussed the Amsel documentary at length, and it was...
Jan 3, 2017
Why Star Wars Needs to Use Illustrators Like Drew Struzan for its Posters
Erik Sharkey, the director of DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER, wrote this lovely tribute article to illustrated movie poster art for THE...
Jan 3, 2017
Why Star Wars Needs to Use Illustrators Like Drew Struzan for its Posters
Erik Sharkey, the director of DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER, wrote this lovely tribute article to illustrated movie poster art for THE...
Jan 3, 2017
Why Star Wars Needs to Use Illustrators Like Drew Struzan for its Posters
Erik Sharkey, the director of DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER, wrote this lovely tribute article to illustrated movie poster art for THE...
Jul 24, 2016
Paul Shipper: The new generation
Throughout the past year, everyone I had interviewed for the film was more or less a contemporary of Richard Amsel, including close...
Jan 29, 2016
IMAGINE FX celebrates fantasy movie posters!
lmagine FX magazine has dedicated its March cover story to Classic Fantasy Film Art, celebrating what was the last great era of...
Jan 29, 2016
IMAGINE FX celebrates fantasy movie posters!
lmagine FX magazine has dedicated its March cover story to Classic Fantasy Film Art, celebrating what was the last great era of...
Oct 19, 2015
The illustrated poster is dead. Long live the illustrated poster.
No, it's not directly Amsel related, but this post does mark an important discussion concerning illustrated movie posters nowadays, and...
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