Making Sense of Showgirls
From Photo to Book Cover to Movie Poster
In 1992, famed Czech photographer Tono Stano (NSFW) produced an arresting black and white photograph entitled “Sense”. Stano is famous for posing models into suggestive shapes and … Read More...
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Lindsay Lohan gets Loaded
Does anyone remember that moment in time just after the film Mean Girls, when cute little Lindsay Lohan turned into Lindsay Lohan Fully Loaded? (This cultural shift probably happened during a … Read More...
British Quad
British movie posters
Unlike it’s U.S. counterpart the one-sheet, the standard UK movie poster size is known as a British Quad (or sometimes as a UK Quad or Quad Crown) and measures 40″ x … Read More...
Attack of the 50ft Woman
The most famous B-movie poster of all time may be the poster one-sheet for the film Attack of the 50ft. Woman. The 1958 B-movie is about a rich housewife increased to gigantic size by space … Read More...
Blade Runner Reloaded
One of our favorite poster illustrators is famed artist John Alvin. Alvin is responsible for some of the most famous pieces of film poster art, including memorable one-sheets for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and the Star … Read More...
Equal Likeness
Movie poster actor clauses
The phrase equal likeness is common term and often an overriding factor in the design and creation of movie poster art. Basically equal likeness is the film advertising equivalent of a … Read More...
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Richard Amsel Illustration
The Indiana Jones film series has had a great history of movie posters, including impressive work by Drew Struzan. The best poster from the series remains the very first release poster for … Read More...
Big Heads Floating in the Sky
The Top Movie Poster Cliché
Stop us if you have seen this poster composition before: Large images of movie star faces (often of a couple), with a small scene (usually at the bottom of the … Read More...
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Final domestic Star Wars poster
Lucasfilm released the final domestic Star Wars Revenge of the Sith movie poster for Episode III. The movie poster, illustrated by famed poster artist Drew Struzan, represents one of the … Read More...
