If you’re into indie underground artists such as Eric Tan and Shepard Fairey, then you might be ready to get brainwashed by Crazy4Cult: Cult Movie Art ($34.95), a new movie poster book from UK publisher, Titan Books.
This book is based on a past celebrated art/film show that debuted a few years ago at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles
Hang onto your hats, folks, because there’s another big worldly sale of International movie posters going on the auction block today at EmP!
In the past, you’ve heard about the infamous Italian trio of artists who dubbed themselves The BCM Studio (Ballester–Capitani-Martinati) — but I’ve yet to dedicate a single post to the movie posters credited solely to Luigi Martinati. So hang onto your hats, folks, because it doesn’t get much better than this…
Of course, if you want to be a true foglio aficionado, then do your eyes a favor and check out Dave Kehr’s enchanting-yet-simply-titled book, Italian Film Posters. (via Chisholm-Larsson and MoviePosterDB)
The sexy style of German movie poster designer, Hans Braun, has a certain je ne sais quoi…
Part Jean Mascii, part Osvaldo Venturi, his bold, rich, timeless, passionate portraits lit up marquees throughout Europe in the 1950s and 60s with some of Hollywood’s most sizzling stars. (via KinoArt and LAMP)
The Rolling Roadshow Tour — brought to you by the movie-loving mavens at Alamo Drafthouse — starts tonight, and the schedule features a big platter of Texas-themed classics. And the posters by indie rock fave, Jason Munn, look pretty sweet, too. (If you recall, British artist, Olly Moss, did the sheets for last year’s show).
That Internet-ional movie poster powerhouse, EMoviePoster, has a ton of strangely seductive Argentinean one-sheets, including a few by Essex and Osvaldo Venturi — as well as oversized USA 3-sheets and 6-sheets — up on the chopping block today…
CineMasterpieces has a big sale this weekend on eBay — featuring, most interestingly, a trio of Russian and Polish Star Wars movie posters…
That vintage movie poster purveyor, EatBrie, has picked himself up some sweet lemons with these delightful door panels from the 1980 auto-comedy, Used Cars…which will nicely complement his already burgeoning Zemeckis Collection.
Btw, the one-sheet on the lower left was designed by Roger Huyssen and the International caricature version on the lower right is credited to Sandy Kossin.
Reel Art Press has an interview up on their website with Bill Gold, frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator and author of their previously released coffeetable book, Bill Gold: Posterworks.
Movie Poster Museum 