From Italian artist, Averardo Ciriello, comes this sweeping beauty, Tales of Manhattan…
Manhattan Movie Poster Mystery?
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Category Archives: Artists & Illustrators
Black Rock Friday!
The indie female-driven thriller, Black Rock, washes up at movie theatres this weekend — and I’m digging the new spin on a classic taken by Ignition Print for the one-sheet. Inspired by such designers as Bill Gold (Deliverance), Jason Munn (Treasure Island Music Festival), and Steve Frankfurt (Rosemary’s Baby), this Black Rock poster is solid! (IMP)
Star Trek Reaches Its Peak?
Bar Nuns!
I don’t think Teresa is about Mother Theresa, but these two French beauties by Boris Grinsson and Jean Mascii are second to none!
War of the Movie Posters
War is hell…even for movie posters.
Look For the Silver Linings…
If you need a visual to differentiate today’s movie posters with one-sheets from the 1940s, then look no further than last year’s Oscar darling, Silver Linings Playbook, compared with the Boris Grinsson-designed French poster for Look For the Silver Lining (1949)…
Beauvais on Paper
Just in case you missed Eddie Shannon of Film on Paper‘s in-depth interview with British poster artist legend, Tom Beauvais, check it out here.(FilmOnPaper)
And while you’re at it, read up on FOP’s other chat with UK designer, Brian Bysouth.
The Original Mad Man…
Bert Stern has worked with Hollywood’s biggest stars — and shot the movie poster for Lolita, as well as the recent Taschen book on Marilyn Monroe. And now there’s a new documentary about the photographer called Bert Stern: Original Mad Man.(Film/Art)
Let’s Get Invisible!
Dressed For DePalma!
Has anybody ever wondered if Brian DePalma’s French movie posters (both designed by Michel Landi) have a foot shoe fetish?
The Wonders of Alcatraz!
The minimalist poster for the new Malick romancer, To The Wonder, bears a striking moodiness reminiscent of Alcatraz…
Cannes Kind of Love…
The new poster for The 2013 Cannes Film Festival is a tribute of sorts to the 1960s Paul Newman-Joanne Woodward starrer, A New Kind of Love — although I’ve always had a deep crush on the French version by Roger Soubie (top right). (DHD)
Remember Your Heritage…
Wanna get your poster kicks? Another one of Heritage Auctions’ Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auctions takes place in Dallas this weekend, March 23-24…(Heritage)
There’s Something Funny About Mandy…
Seven years after its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane is finally getting released into theaters — but it looks like their one-sheet took a page from Akiko Stehrenberger’s Funny Games. (Deadline)
Franco Sinatra?
We’ve seen “French” Frank Sinatra — so how ’bout these Italian beauties of Ol’ Blue Eyes? Art by Sandro Symeoni (top) and Ercole Brini (bottom). (EMP)
New Mad Men Poster
Here’s to Matthew Weiner and the boys at Mad Men – a show that details the history of advertising — for tracking down Brian Sanders, a British illustrator during the 1960s golden era of magazine ads, to draw up the new poster for this season. (NYT)
I’ll Be Damned!
Akiko Stehrenberger is going to hell — okay, just movie poster hell — but that’s a good thing, as her haunting new Kiss of the Damned one-sheet is sure to become a horror poster classic.
Part 90s Great Expectations, part 70s Bob Peak, Stehrenberger adapts the spirits of artists’ past to create something memorable. (IMP)
Polish Lichtenstein?
Are movie posters Pop Art? Just came across this Roy Lichtenstein-y Polish poster design by Jan Mlodozeniec for the 1980 sci-fi pic, Saturn 3 (top left), starring Farrah Fawcett…(EMoviePoster)
Turkish Delights!
IMPAwards has named the Best Turkish Movie Posters of 2012. Although I’m not well-schooled in Turkey cinema, these International one-sheets by Ali Dogramaci showcase a certain flair.
Drew Struzan Movie Poster Documentary…
Fancy Drew Struzan: The Man Behind The Poster? The most popular movie poster artist of the 80s and 90s is getting the documentary treatment.
So here’s what most movie poster fans wanna know: how come they didn’t hire the legend to do his own one-sheet? (IMP)
