Ari Graynor and Lauren Anne Miller, stars of For A Good Time, Call…, are saying that their new female buddy sex phone comedy was inspired by those 80s tandems of Bette Midler and Shelley Long, etc. (IMP)
Category Archives: Romance movie posters
Maidens of Mascii
From the minds of Michel Landi (top left, The Carpetbaggers) and Jean Mascii come these two French pajama-clad beauties…
Let’s Get Theatrical!
Erik Piepenburg of The New York Times has an intriguing column called Behind The Poster which provides info and interviews with some of today’s modern poster artists decorating the marquees of Broadway…
French Nagel?
Could mid-century French poster artist, Clement Hurel (top left), possibly have inspired 80s fashion maven, Patrick Nagel?
Moviepaper Romance
Maureen On Marilyn…
Marking the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, Maureen Dowd of The New York Times has a nice tribute, along with a very revealing encounter of the bombshell from director, Mike Nichols. (graphic by Istvan Banyai)
Drively!
What do you get when you team up Blake Lively and Nicolas Winding Refn, the director of Drive? Gucci, of course!
Cleopatra’s Beautiful Ruins…
Since there’s only a few more weeks left until Labor Day, you might want to grab Jess Walter’s well-reviewed novel, Beautiful Ruins, for your summer beach read. It has special appeal to vintage movie fans, as the storyline involves a beautiful, mysterious actress visiting the southern Italian coast, fresh off the set of 1962’s epic filming of Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
As an added bonus, check out these equally stunning one-sheets by Mac Gomez (top left) and Howard Terpning.
Insta Movie Poster?
The makers of the Montreal-shot indie film, J’espere Que Tu Vas Bien, have reached out to Instagram users to create low-budg one-sheets for their marketing campaign — and the Instagramers came up with 87 different posters. Look out, Hollywood studio marketing departments — it’s a brave new world!
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