The new Wes Anderson comes out in selected theatres on Friday — and whether you love or hate his brand of esoteric films — you cannot deny the auteur’s unique sense of style and attention to detail that permeates every frame of his work.
Archive for the ‘Pop Culture’ Category
The Moonrise King
May 24, 2012
Master-ful…
May 22, 2012Will there be blood or frogs raining down from the sky — or perhaps male prosthetics involved? Lord only knows, but you can bet that Paul Thomas Anderson, the director of such contemporary classics as There Will Be Blood, Magnolia, and Boogie Nights, will be up to something original with his latest film, The Master.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia?
May 22, 2012
American Shepard
May 21, 2012Old school rock legend, Neil Young, has signed up new school poster star, Shepard Fairey, to do a whole batch of cover art for his new album, Americana, which kinda reminds me of that classic one-sheet for Terence Malick’s Days of Heaven…
You Sank My Battleship!
May 18, 2012Hollywood’s recipe for ruining American childhoods, but gaining International box office success: take a lo-fi 1970′s board game like Battleship (the Pong of board games) and Transformers the shit out of it!
Spider Kong!
May 17, 2012For some reason, the new Amazing Spiderman one-sheet is giving me a slicker, tinglier King Kong flashback…
French Superhero Remake?
May 16, 2012With the box office behemoth that is The Avengers, I’m sure movie studios are scouring the globe for the next big superhero franchise. How ’bout this vintage French Superman — with original poster work done by that evil design genius, Constantin Belinsky?
Gangs of L.A.
May 14, 2012There’s more to vintage Los Angeles than just movie stars and beaches — y’know, like transplanted mobsters, prostitution, and dirty cops!
So get out your tommygun because the new L.A. noir-inspired Gangster Squad is ready to plug a few more holes in the Hollywood sign. (IMP)
Scary Houses of Horror!
May 10, 2012Now you know why some say it’s better to rent –– especially in this market! (Wrong Side of the Art and ImpAwards)
Meeting of the Munchausens
May 9, 2012Check out these one-sheets for Terry Gilliam’s Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) as well as the fantastic French 2-panel from the 1944 version via Heritage…
