On January 9, Cinema Retro hosted a special evening in honor of noted film critic and documetary maker Richard Schickel. The event took place at the legendary Players club for the arts at New York's Gramercy Park. Mr. Schickel, who was awarded an honorary membership in the club, was interviewed by Cinema Retro editor-in-chief Lee Pfeiffer. The wide range of topics included Schickel's memories of attending films as a child in his native Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the state of today's film journalism, Schickel's more controversial comments from over the decades, his long-time friendship and collaborations with Clint Eastwood and his opinions of films that have been drastically under-rated. Schickel noted he has just read the script for Eastwood's forthcoming big screen biopic of J. Edgar Hoover and said it has the potential to be one of the great film biographies. Full coverage of the event will appear in Cinema Retro issue #20.