The Original Movie Posters Blog - Art of the Movies

Over 30 years after it was first released, the almost universal love felt towards Shawshank is all the more remarkable considering it flopped hard at the box office.

Why does Frank Darabont’s prison tale strike such a chord with so many people?

Seeing as The Matrix didn't make our list of the greatest trailers, we thought we should redress the balance!

So, this week Lee Adams takes a look at how the Wachowskis’ groundbreaking cyberpunk action thriller became an iconic pop culture moment that still speaks to viewers today.

Blown away by the trailer for Danny Boyle's upcoming zombie sequel, 28 Years Later, Lee Adams decided to take a look back at some of the Greatest Movie Trailers Ever Made.

Did your favourite make the list?

Back in June we reported on an exciting exhibition at New York's Poster House. THE ANATOMY OF A MOVIE POSTER: THE WORK OF DAWN BAILLIE showcased the career of Art Director extraordinaire Dawn Baillie. 

If you missed it, there is still a chance to see this land-mark exhibition!

A 30 second half-time TV advert during this year's Super Bowl cost a whopping $8M!

That didn't worry movie studios though and the show was packed with new trailers for some of the biggest films to be released in the next few months.

You can watch all of the trailers here!

It is thirty-one years since Schindler’s List swept the Academy Awards with seven wins, earning Steven Spielberg Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director.

In the week that commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day and to celebrate the important success of this landmark film, Lee Adams takes a look at its long journey to the screen and how the story of Schindler’s Ark continues today.

Since his eye-catching calling card Memento in 2000, Christopher Nolan has become one of the most influential and profitable filmmakers of the 21st Century.

Over almost 25 years, it hasn’t escaped anyone’s notice that he repeatedly comes back to one obsessive theme: Time and its all-encompassing effect on our lives. 

Let’s take a look at the Nolan movies where chronology plays a major part in how the narrative unfolds.

Seven years after The Dude first appeared in the Coen Brothers' Big Lebowski, an entire religion had sprung up: Dudeism, or The Church of the Latter-Day Dude.

This made us wonder why another beloved ‘90s movie character doesn’t have more of a following in these terms: Forrest Gump. After all, he is arguably even more Dude than The Dude...

Happy New Year!

Here is our annual look back at the last cinematic year and all of the trailers for the films we are looking forward to in the first half of 2025!

It seems ridiculous to think that in the New Year, it will be fifty years since Steven Spielberg terrified a generation with his man-killer shark thriller, Jaws.

Can you name the person who invented the pneumatic shark that scared us all out of the water?

I thought not.

Take a read and consider backing this fantastic Kickstarter campaign.

With Wicked wowing audiences and winning plaudits worldwide, we take a look back at the production of one of our favourite seasonal movies, The Wizard of Oz.

It may not be a film about Christmas, but is there a more traditional movie to watch over the festive period?

Christmas is traditionally a time for telling scary stories and Bob Clark gave us one of the finest festive horror movies ever made half a century ago.

That film is Black Christmas, and we celebrate its 50th anniversary by taking a look back at the seminal slasher and another seasonal shocker it inspired.