Category Archives: Thriller movie posters
Flirting With Disasters!
Prior to director David O. Russell’s Oscar nom this week for The Fighter, the former Flirting With Disaster filmmaker was tragically becoming known more for fighting with Lily Tomlin than making films. But with the passage of time comes wisdom…so who says we all can’t learn something from such disasters?
For The Birds
Wow, these French movie posters for Hitchcock’s The Birds (the first two are by Boris Grinsson) make my eyes go ravenous! And be sure to check out the Cliff Notes Video of the film below…
Film Noir Tribute Video
Here’s a cool Film Noir mashup video edited by Serena Bramble that was screened during last spring’s San Francisco Film Noir Festival, hosted by local noir-it-all, Eddie Muller.
(NOTE to all you ADDers: Hang in there as the music montage kicks in at the :34 second mark!)
Making Waves
Claude Chabrol, one of the early pioneers of French New Wave cinema, died yesterday at the age of 80.
Though not as well-known as some of his very well-known contemporaries, Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, Chabrol thrilled audiences for years with his cerebral-styled thrillers and kept working right up until the end as his last film, Inspector Bellamy, starring Gérard Depardieu is coming out in October.
Hot Lips!
Sorry if I got you excited — but no, this is not a Loretta Swit aka “Hot Lips” Houlihan from M*A*S*H tribute — though I do love her work!
In the world of movie posters — and I guess this pretty much goes for life, in general — there are some body parts that are just more visually appealing than others…
Yucky Lips
Remake Monday: The Things
Howard Hawks (1951) vs. John Carpenter (1982) — with some help from Drew Struzan on the poster.
Goin’ For Gold
Here’s the nominees for Best Poster Picture for this year’s 82nd Annual Academy Awards…
Movie Poster Museum 