1. Frank
Those of us who care about movie posters often complain about “big head” posters from Hollywood studios, but the design for Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank is the ne plus ultra of big head posters: a poster for a film about a big head. The head in question is the papier-mâché noggin worn by Michael Fassbender’s title character, which was inspired by the nearly identical prop worn by Chris Sievey, a.k.a. Frank Sidebottom, the nasal-voiced troubadour from Timperley, Manchester, who famously covered the Sex Pistols (“Anarchy in Timperley”) and had his moment of cult fame in the 80s. The poster for Frank, designed by an as-yet uncredited designer at P+A studio (the anonymity seems apt) subverts the chief function of the big head poster by not showing us the film’s star. To me it’s a thing of beauty (my affection for Frank Sidebottom and...
Those of us who care about movie posters often complain about “big head” posters from Hollywood studios, but the design for Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank is the ne plus ultra of big head posters: a poster for a film about a big head. The head in question is the papier-mâché noggin worn by Michael Fassbender’s title character, which was inspired by the nearly identical prop worn by Chris Sievey, a.k.a. Frank Sidebottom, the nasal-voiced troubadour from Timperley, Manchester, who famously covered the Sex Pistols (“Anarchy in Timperley”) and had his moment of cult fame in the 80s. The poster for Frank, designed by an as-yet uncredited designer at P+A studio (the anonymity seems apt) subverts the chief function of the big head poster by not showing us the film’s star. To me it’s a thing of beauty (my affection for Frank Sidebottom and...
- 12/15/2014
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
In Alex Ross Perry's acclaimed new comedy Listen Up Philip, Jason Schwartzman plays an author so utterly convinced of his own genius that he regularly upbraids the people in his life (including his patient-till-now girlfriend, Elisabeth Moss) for failing to meet his unreachable, unreasonable standards of living. If he ever let anyone get a word in edgewise, Philip would doubtlessly deserve a talking-to, and in this exclusive, delightfully illustrated new poster for the film (painted by Anna Bak-Kvapil and designed by Teddy Blanks of Chips, who also created all the book covers in the film), you can meet some of the characters who have a bone to pick with our prickly protagonist. Find out whether they can get through to Philip when the film comes out October 17 in theaters and on VOD and iTunes October 21.
- 9/22/2014
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
It was hard to whittle down my favorite movie posters to a straight top ten this year. There was no absolute stand-out like Chris Ware’s Uncle Boonmee last year, and the majority of film posters continue to be depressingly rote and uninspired, even though the explosion of Diy illustration has started to make inroads into the world of commercial film promotion. As a symptom of my indecision I have tended to group posters together more than usual; laid out like this the year doesn’t look half bad.
1. Wreck-it Ralph (with The Lorax and Life Of Pi)
On its own the Wreck-It Ralph teaser would still have been one of the best posters of the year—a wittily simple 8-bit pixellated key-stroke of genius that compresses a blockbuster 3D extravaganza into a flat, three-color arrangement of squares and tells everyone walking by exactly what they need to know (except...
1. Wreck-it Ralph (with The Lorax and Life Of Pi)
On its own the Wreck-It Ralph teaser would still have been one of the best posters of the year—a wittily simple 8-bit pixellated key-stroke of genius that compresses a blockbuster 3D extravaganza into a flat, three-color arrangement of squares and tells everyone walking by exactly what they need to know (except...
- 1/5/2013
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
The theatrical poster for the hilarious sibling road trip story "The Color Wheel" has been released. The film, which won Indiewire's 2011 poll for Best Undistributed Film, stars director Alex Ross Perry and comedian Carlen Altman as frustrated brother and sister, moving her stuff from the house of her ex, her professor. The film is being released by the Cinema Conservancy, starting in Brooklyn's Bam Theater May 18, followed by a tour across America. For more dates, see Indiewire's story on the acquisition. Here is the film's theatrical poster, painted by Perry's girlfriend, Anna Bak-Kvapil, who has a part in the film:...
- 5/7/2012
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
Director: Alex Ross Perry Writers: Alex Ross Perry, Carlen Altman Starring: Alex Ross Perry, Carlen Altman, Kate Lyn Sheil, Ry Russo-Young, Bob Byington, Anna Bak-Kvapil The Color Wheel begins shortly after J.R. (Carlen Altman) -- an aspiring broadcast journalist -- drops out of college because of a harsh break-up with "one of the top broadcast-journalism professors in the entire state." She arrives unannounced at her brother Colin's (Alex Ross Perry) house to guilt him into going along with her on a road trip to her arrogant ex’s (Bob Byington) home to collect her belongings. It should be noted that the oh so snarky siblings are not friends; in fact, they appear to hate each other with fiery passion. We can only assume that J.R. turned to Colin for assistance with this venture because she was too embarrassed to ask any of her friends. Considering her overall lack...
- 11/3/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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