The Original Movie Posters Blog - Art of the Movies

With the current trend for 'secret' extra scenes, I imagine we have all sat through the credits to a recent movie. 

Ever seen “Movie Poster Artist” in there? No, neither have we, and, that is a real shame.

So, we were excited to see that this year's San Diego Comic-Con (the most significant annual comic and pop culture festival in the world and celebrating its 50th year) includes a special panel entitled “Masters of the Illustrated Film Poster”.

We reached out to Paul Shipper of Paul Shipper Studio to find out more…

Here in the UK, The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum holds over 10,000 posters, including the national collection. The British Film Institute also holds around 15,000 movie / film posters, covering the early 1900s to the present day.

But, as far as we are aware, there isn't a UK museum singularly dedicated to posters. The same is true of the United States, but, that is about to change, thanks to the team behind Poster House, due to open in New York on 20th June 2019.

We reached out to Poster House’s curator, Angelina Lippert, to find out more…

Here in the UK, it is Father’s Day on Sunday 16th June. What do you get the man who thinks he has everything?

How about a guaranteed original movie poster!

With our certificate of authentication and attention to detail, a poster from Art of the Movies is the perfect gift.

Here is some inspiration from us...

Whether you are a big fan of his work, or have a passing interest in cinema, “Stanley Kubrick : The Exhibition”, currently on display at London’s Design Museum, is a ‘must see’ show.

We were delighted to see that Kubrick's movie posters feature prominently throughout the show.

A few days ago we posted our highlights from Sotheby's March 2019 auction of Original Film Posters.

Bidding closed on the 21st March and there were some stunning results!

Here's how our picks fared...

On June 6th 1915, “The New York Times” published an article by Henry MacMahon entitled “THE ART OF THE MOVIES”.

Found, one hundred and four years later, it's title was bound to pique the interest of the Art of the Movies team. What we read, and what it lead us to, was a fascinating episode in movie-making history...

Over the weekend the Art of the Movies team went to see the amazing “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”. It’s astonishing. Every scene has been lovingly crafted to a living comic.

Go and see it!

(Here's the trailer.)

On a dank Saturday when you are running errands in the mist and catching up with weekend chores in the drizzle, there can be one saving grace – the great British pub.

And so it was today...

We've been experimenting with video editing and thought you might like a simple film we have put together...

It looks at some of our favourite posters for the original Star Wars trilogy.

Hope you enjoy it!

Last night was a once in a lifetime evening for the Art of the Movies Team. We were lucky enough to see Paul McCartney live, at the O2 in London.

What can we say? AMAZING doesn't do it justice.

Here are our highlights, including a special guest appearance by Ringo Starr.