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At long last: Richard Amsel to be honored on the AIDS Memorial Quilt
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...
May 4, 2018
The (worst) best-laid plans...
“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...
May 3, 2018


New images & acquisitions
For the uninitiated, I run two different websites on Richard Amsel. The first is www.richardamsel.info / www.richard-amsel.com, now going...
Feb 11, 2018


Another Amsel rediscovery: Merv Griffin portrait
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,...
Feb 11, 2018


Another Amsel rediscovery: Merv Griffin portrait
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,...
Feb 11, 2018


Eleonora Duse
During my early research for preparing this website, I got to know producer Michael Danahy, who was friends with Richard Amsel during the...
Feb 10, 2018


Eleonora Duse
During my early research for preparing this website, I got to know producer Michael Danahy, who was friends with Richard Amsel during the...
Feb 10, 2018


TEN YEARS!
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...
Feb 7, 2018


TEN YEARS!
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...
Feb 7, 2018


Rediscovered Amsel: "River of No Return"
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...
Jan 19, 2018


Rediscovered Amsel: "River of No Return"
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...
Jan 19, 2018


Onward and upward into 2018!
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...
Jan 1, 2018


Happy 70th birthday, Richard.
December 4th marks what would have been Richard Amsel’s 70th birthday, and I’d be terribly remiss if I didn’t post an update to mark that...
Dec 4, 2017


Indiewire on Amsel
INDIEWIRE has a nice little profile on Richard Amsel, coinciding with their writeup of Kevin Burke's documentary 24x36: A Movie About...
Jul 23, 2017


Status updates / Movie poster momentum
The last few weeks have been pretty crazy. I just got back from a second trip to the east coast in the last four months; while I did film...
Jul 15, 2017


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