Last week, the AllPosterForum was seriously debating the merits of Raquel Welch movie posters (because, after all, this is very stuff!) — but I couldn’t help but notice a strong resemblance to Natalie Portman — er, vice versa…
Perhaps Miss Portman’s 2010 commercial for Dior (directed by Sofia Coppola) will influence your opinion…
ImpAwards has all the info if you want to pre-order a new movie poster book by 60s and 70s design icon, Bob Peak…
Sometimes you gotta know when to hold ’em and know when to fold ’em, but what if you don’t know there’s a game going on?
James Toback (of Fingers fame) just found out that Martin Scorsese, Leonard DiCaprio, and screenwriter William Monaghan (the same crew behind The Departed) are re-making his 1974 film, The Gambler — but apparently, the studio forgot to tell him! (via Deadline)
Wilson McLean is a Scottish-born illustrator who started his illustrious career in England before moving onto the United States where his rich, jazzy portraits were freely adopted by the New York City advertising world.
In 2010, he was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame — and though his design work was most frequently used on album and magazine covers — he did have a one-hit wonder in the movie poster biz with this dreamy, melodic one-sheet for the 1978 James Toback film, Fingers.
Welcome to the wonderfully passionate world of Spanish movie poster artist, Macario “Mac” Gomez. I could go on and on about this legend, but I think you’ll find Masats Xavier’s all things Mac Gomez blog much more complete and in depth (note: use the Google Translate button if you don’t speak Español).
They’re calling it Dolls With Benefits as Mattel’s Barbie Doll is paying homage to the classic 1976 Farrah Fawcett swimsuit poster by releasing a new doll based on the ex-Charlie’s Angel, with a portion of each sale going to The Farrah Fawcett Foundation.
Years before Heather Graham skated circles around audiences during her star-making turn as Rollergirl in Boogie Nights, there was a 1972 AIP/Roger Corman-produced shlock-flick called Unholy Rollers that gave audiences “A locker room look at the toughest broads in the world!”.
It certainly doesn’t have the looks of a cinema classic, but I think these Italian movie posters (signed by an artist named Aller) definitely do the picture justice. (via EmP)
Taking a page from the Alamo Drafthouse, you might want to check out TommyGood to see some new school artists like Tim Doyle drawing up cool old school movie posters like this…(via Darrell Street)
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