The Original Movie Posters Blog - Art of the Movies

We have a 4th Century monk and a 6th Century Pope to thank for the seven deadly sins.

And, we have David Fincher to thank for 1995's serial killer thriller Seven.

Nearly thirty years later, we continue our countdown to Halloween with a look back at a dark masterpiece that still has the ability to surprise, shock and make us look at modern society a little differently.

A month out, we are starting our countdown to Halloween!

Let’s start by taking a look at a classic ghost story, its terrifying big-screen adaptation, and.. Ahem… slightly less effective big-budget remake.

We have a new sister website to introduce!

How did that come about?

It all stared when we stumbled across two wonderful vintage British Railways travel posters. You can read the full story in this blog post. 

How well do you know your movies and their locations? 

Below we have twelve vintage travel posters inspired by some of our favourite movies.

How many can you identify?

There have always been hit songs from movies in the music charts but the ‘90s took it to a whole new level. It was the decade when a string of mega chart-toppers were wall-to-wall on the radio and formed an integral part of the soundtrack of our lives.

Let’s take a look at some of the biggest movie-related hits of the decade.

One is a darkly comic film noir. The other is an evergreen Technicolor musical.

Yet taken together, Sunset Boulevard and Singin’ in the Rain form a consistent narrative about one of the greatest innovations to hit the movie industry: recorded sound…

The 1990s was a hugely successful time for American independent cinema and in 1999, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez took guerrilla film-making to its logical extreme. The result was The Blair Witch Project, a shoestring horror that became one of the most influential and talked about movies of the decade.

Let’s take a look back as the movie celebrates its 25th anniversary…

In the week that Inside Out 2 took over $1B, becoming the twenty-fifth highest grossing film of all time, Warner Brothers and Paramount Pictures released two epic movie trailers. 

Turn your computer / phone / tablet speakers up and enjoy!

The Godfather is a rare thing: An artfully made crowd-pleaser that smashed it at the box office and delighted both critics and a mainstream audience.

Over half a century since it premiered, Lee Adams takes a look back at Francis Ford Coppola’s magnum opus.

When we look at a movie poster we may admire the art, but few of us are likely to consider the genesis of the idea. Where did the initial vision of the poster come from?

In many cases, it is likely to have come from an Art Director.

This week we celebrate a new exhibition at New York's Poster House highlighting the work of Art Director extraordinaire, Dawn Baillie.