Category Archives: Pop Culture

Built by Bilinsky

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Fritz Lang’s 1927 sci-fi classic, Metropolis, could hardly be more timely now with today’s troubling economy pitting wealthy owners versus the working class.

And with the ten-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this weekend, I thought it fitting to commemorate the work of Russian-born costume designer — yes, I said, costume designer — Boris Bilinsky (not to be confused with that other Belinsky), who also apparently dabbled in designing movie posters as seen below by these one-sheet architectural marvels that he constructed way back in the roaring 20s. (MoviePosterDB)

Bad Girls Do Good?

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Perhaps Young Adult is ripping out a page from the good box office of Bad Teacher…?

For Young Adults Only…

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Jason Reitman, one of the few directors today who has taken a pro-active approach in helping design the movie posters and title sequences for all of his films, has just released the one-sheet for his latest flick, Young Adult.

The comedy stars Charlize Theron as an alcoholic writer of YA novels who returns to her hometown in hot pursuit of her married ex-high school sweetheart. (via THR, ImpAwards, and Art of the Title)

Thank You For Smoking title sequence…

Up In The Air title sequence…

Natalie Portman Raquel Welch Mashup!

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Last year, we had a Jennifer Aniston-Barbara Streisand mashup — now it’s time for a Natalie Portman-Raquel Welch movie poster showdown!

Romancing The Font?

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NyT Mag profiled screenwriter, Aline Brosh McKenna, the rom-com momma of Hollywood — and if these one-sheets are any indication, it appears that women love the font! (posters via ImpAwards)

New Money…

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Here’s the new Moneyball movie posters — both the US one-sheet and the Japanese version (top), and the previously released US teaser (bottom). (via ImpAwards)

Your Friends and Moderns?

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Pop artist, Alex Katz, did this 1990’s movie poster for Neil LaBute’s urban-angst flick, Your Friends & Neighbors — which looks nicely paired with the 1988 one-sheet for The Moderns, a film that loosely covers that same territory of Woody Allen’s recent Midnight In Paris — proving once again that some posters are indeed timeless.

Simmons Does Sports Convention

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If you grew up in the 1960s, 70s, or 80s and know the difference between a PSA 8 and a PSA 9, then you’re ready to tackle Bill Simmons’ laugh-out-loud funny take on his latest trip to The National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago (which looks like a first cousin to just about any movie memorabilia convention).

Along with espousing his theory of The Collector’s Beard — a bad habit that is defined as a father buying vintage stuff for his kid, but really it’s just stuff that he secretly wants (that the kid won’t give a rat’s ass about) — as well as his wife’s reactions to some of his more useless purchases, it’s a must-read for anyone possessing the collecting gene. (via ESPN Grantland)

Here’s an ESPN video clip from the 2010 show.

Poster-Texting?

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Looking for some elegant literary wall art? Welcome to PosterText, a Canadian publishing company that is creating minimalist posters for such lit/film classics as Moby Dick, The Great Gatsy, Hearts of Darkness, The Wizard of Oz, and more! (from QuirkBooks)