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- Moonlight. The poster for ‘Moonlight’ is so aesthetically beautiful in its simplicity and subtle placements showcase an incredibly clever execution. Depicting three chapters of one man’s life, the photography of each stage is teamed with a subtle change in colour, showcasing a difference but still allowing the viewer to realise that it’s the same person.
- The Neon Demon. The art direction for ‘The Neon Demon’ was flawless; like it’s name, the neon used throughout each poster design was devilishly inspiring and evoked a sense of threat throughout the execution.
- The Handmaiden. A Korean masterpiece, the poster is a gorgeously detailed vision of the traditional aspect of the culture’s art history whilst also keeping things unique.
- The Forest. The use of negative space in poster design will almost always provide a clever and encompassing execution. By designing the forest to take over the actor’s face, it gives a harrowing sense of her inability to escape her fate.
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- Birth of a Nation. The American flag has been used in countless movie posters before, and it even appeared in one of the previous posters on our list.
- Doctor Strange. It's a shame that the artistic style of Drew Struzan has gone to the wayside in favor of lazy Photoshop. But artist Paul Shipper honors Struzan's style magnificently with this Doctor Strange poster that was available at certain theaters.
- Boo! A Madea Halloween. We're not here to judge the movies, but just the posters themselves. And when it comes to movie poster parodies, this is simply one of the best.
- De Palma. This poster could have just gone with a collage of Brian De Palma's movies by itself but the addition of Brian De Palma himself watching them through blinds, not unlike the voyeuristic character from his movie Body Double.
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Into The Forest
- The Greasy Strangler
- Right Now Wrong Then
- Jackie
- Sword Master
- The Lobster
- Cosmos
- Moonlight
- The Handmaiden
Rarely does a wall art aesthetic transfer well to a movie poster — see this film’s follow-up campaign with too-perfect graffiti stenciling that distracts more than enhances — but WORKS ADV delivers one of the best examples ever with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The wrinkles look real. The rips look real. The removal of eyes erases humanity t...
Few posters this year epitomize a film’s tone as well as Gravillis Inc.’s Into the Forest. The dark tint of despair. The tears of fear touching hearts as the faintest red in Evan Rachel Woods’ lips shows signs of life to fight for survival and retain hope. I love the photo crop and the weird reflection of trees at bottom hinting at a window’s refle...
Say what you will about The Greasy Strangler‘s quality, but don’t tell me it isn’t unforgettable. The same can be said about its poster juxtaposing an ornate, proper façade against an eccentrically wild underbelly of irreverent humor and grotesque visions of violent madness. Showing the titular monster would be too easy — acknowledging where that v...
There’s a warmth to the melancholy of this bright magenta sheet for Right Now, Wrong Then. We can feel what I assume is the nervousness of a first date: her cautious restraint in mid-sentence and his complete focus. There’s a sad embarrassment to her expression as if she’s admitting some dark truth and yet the coloring and crop pushing our gaze dow...
I adore Jackie‘s poster: its elegance and regality opposite this intelligent and determined woman’s ferocity finally revealed. It’s a portrait of her fashion sense and grace, her innocence with hands clasped from nerves and perceptiveness in a glance off-frame at something more important than our gawking at Camelot’s queen. The red on red is oppres...
I filed Sword Master‘s stunning one-sheet away as soon as I stumbled across it on Twitter knowing its place on this list was assured. Whether photography or painting, its overhead composition beautifully captures two warriors thrusting swords with a watery, supernatural force. The wardrobe flutters from previous movements as each ready-to-uncoil po...
Designer Vasilis Marmatakis outdoes himself on The Lobster after similarly minimalistic campaigns for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth and Alps. The latter enlists a B&W photocopy aesthetic for texture whereas his latest utilizes it for the ability to intuitively merge negative space of background and object together. This is how Colin Farrell and Rachel...
There’s a contemporary “wow” factor to Adam Maida’s Cosmos because it looks nothing like the movie posters gracing today’s theater walls. But there’s also a feeling of loving homage to the wildly illustrative work of Eastern European artists—namely Polish designers (seen here). It captures a look of pure artistic talent that shines a light on Maida...
A quick glance at InSync Plus’ Moonlight shows a portrait. A lengthy stay exposes the lines separating what’s actually three. This is its subtle brilliance since having a photo of each actor is meaningless when they don’t necessarily look anything like the others. It’s only through their performances (especially Trevante Rhodes’ uncanny hybridizati...
As meticulously ornate and austere as the film, Empire Design’s The Handmaiden is breathtaking. It’s reminiscent of paintings by the likes of Hokusai (whose The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wifeis seen onscreen) — illustrative depictions of nightmarish beauty. The English version is given more freedom with its limp, hanging body and naked kissing; the ...
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Gallery of 1 movie poster and cover image for Notre héritage (2016). Synopsis: Lucas invites his girlfriend Anäis to visit him at home. His parents aren’t around.
May 16, 1984 · Our History: Directed by Bertrand Blier. With Alain Delon, Nathalie Baye, Gérard Darmon, Geneviève Fontanel. A desperate alcoholic reaches a turning-point in his life when he meets a strange woman in a railway carriage: they make love, but then she leaves.
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- Bertrand Blier
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Dec 9, 2016 · 1. Cosmos. Adam Maida’s silent scream for Andrzej Zulawski’s swansong Cosmos is a poster that cries out to be noticed. Channeling the starkest of Polish poster design—think Mieczyslaw Wasilewski or Andrzej Pagowski—Maida’s design is as deceptively crude as it is beautifully executed.
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