One Font to Rule Them All
Most Popular Movie Poster Title Typeface: Trajan
There’s a common saying among movie poster designers and art directors when designing film title logos:
“When in doubt, use Trajan.”
Why such a mantra about using a … Read More...
Film Posters of the 30s: The Essential Movies of the Decade
Movie Posters of the Thirties book
Continuing his film poster pictorial book series, Tony Nourmand journeys back to an early film era with Film Posters of the 30s: The Essential Movies of the Decade.
A … Read More...
A Common Bond
The Transporter Invokes 007
Is 007 back? Well, not really, but… Jason Statham returns as a rough and tumble mercenary driver for hire in The Transporter 2. For The Transporter 2 one-sheet, the film’s … Read More...
Art Deco
Recent Surge in Illustrated Movie Posters
Leave it to the film advertising executives to approve a rash of illustrated movie posters in recent months just as we’re spending so much space on Posterwire lamenting the … Read More...
Uncle Sams
Hollywood Wants You
In honor of the 4th of July holiday, lets discuss two distinctly American things: Uncle Sam …and ripping off his image to sell movie tickets. (Or rather, pay “homage” to his most … Read More...
My Own Private Idaho
Interview with the Movie Poster Designer
Looking through the book The Independent Movie Poster Book, which we discussed previously, we came across one of our favorite posters for the 1991 independent film My Own Private … Read More...
The Independent Movie Poster Book
Movie posters from independent movies
The first book devoted solely to movie poster one-sheets for independent films, The Independent Movie Poster Book features over 200 full-color one-sheets. The artwork featured in the book are from … Read More...
The Dukes of Hazzard
Curbing General Lee
Warner Bros. has released the The Dukes of Hazzard movie poster for the new film. All of your favorites are here: Bo, Luke, Daisy, Uncle Jesse, Boss Hogg, and most importantly, the … Read More...
The Bad News Bears
Remaking the Bears
For the upcoming 2005 remake of The Bad News Bears, film studio Paramount went with an interesting illustration of Billy Bob Thornton and the rest of the Bears Little League baseball … Read More...
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back “Gone with the Wind” poster
While the previously mentioned Star Wars “Circus” movie poster may be one of the most sought after Star Wars one-sheets for collectors, the most beautiful looking … Read More...
A New Hope
Star Wars Style D “Circus” Poster
With this week’s release of the final Star Wars film, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, we wanted to take some time this week to review Star Wars movie … Read More...
The Hollywood Reporter’s 34th Annual Key Art Awards
Movie Marketing Awards Ceremony
Each year, the film industry trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter holds it’s awards ceremony for film advertising and marketing, known as The Key Art Awards.
The phrase key art is a … Read More...
Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster and the Skull Orgy
As some of you may know, there is nothing we love more than discussing hidden imagery in movie poster one-sheets. It’s like Hollywood’s version of a hidden 3D poster … Read More...
