Tag Archives: Movie Posters

Horror Movie Posters

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Nosferatu. Does this word not sound like the deathbird calling your name at midnight? Beware you never say it — for then the pictures of life will fade to shadows, and haunting dreams will climb forth from … Continue reading

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Some Posters Have More Oomph than Others

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Arthouse Movie Posters

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Movie culture is pretty much dead now, isn’t it? Sure, it’s possible to whip up some decent arguments to the contrary. But for all intents and purposes movies are no longer significant drivers of culture. Frankly, when a … Continue reading

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Exploitation Movie Posters

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: These days, everyone loves old exploitation movies — even smart people. In fact, it seems to me that old exploitation movies are to the artsy-smartsy set of today what Hollywood classics starring Bogart and Cagney were to the artsy-smartsy … Continue reading

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Bardot Iconography

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The posters for Brigitte Bardot’s films constitute their own little genre of graphic design. Which do you like best?

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