A round-up of some movie posters we liked this year, in no particular order, let us know if there's anything we missed! Check out Adrian Curry's essential end of year list over at MUBI.
AnoraCraig Oldham |
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Vintage sexploitation inspired posters for Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winning hit, displayed at Anora merch pop-ups. To celebrate the release of Anora, we invited Sean to take over our Instagram account for the month of October to share some of his favorite posters from his personal collection, this one inspired the direction for these alternate poster designs. Released by NEON. |
Rumours / Sasquatch Sunset / Mother Couch / HukkleAleksander Walijewski |
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Four by Polish poster artist Aleksander Walijewski. From top to bottom: the official one sheet for Guy Maddin's G7 satire Rumours, released by Bleecker Street; Henri Rousseau inspired artwork for David and Nathan Zellner's Sasquatch Sunset created for the French release of the film; Niclas Larsson's comedy Mother Couch, released by Film Movement / Memory; the one sheet for the new restoration of György Pálfi's Hukkle (2002) with artwork that's as delightfully strange as the film, released by Dekanalog. Walijewski also created an incredible alt poster for last year's Best International Feature Oscar winner The Zone of Interest. |
A Different ManPlakiat |
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Excellent unofficial alt for Aaron Shimberg's Sundance hit with Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, and Adam Pearson. Released by A24. |
A Real PainPlakiat / Madison Coby / Jack Crossing / Intermission Film |
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Another excellent unofficial alt by Polish poster artist Plakiat for Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain (top). |
The Substance / The Last ShowgirlAkiko Stehrenberger |
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Two by Akiko Stehrenberger. Brilliant unofficial alt for Coralie Fargeat's The Substance, referencing the classic My Wife and My Mother-in-Law optical illusion (top, released by MUBI), and another lovely unofficial alt for Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl (bottom, released by Roadside Attractions). |
Kinds of KindnessVasilis Marmatakis |
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One of the best poster campaigns of the year, designed by Yorgos Lanthimos's regular poster designer Vasilis Marmatakis. Released by Searchlight Pictures. |
Hundreds of BeaversKyle Hilton |
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Superbly executed Jack Davis throwback. Released by Cartuna. |
A Traveler's Needs / MovingBrian Hung |
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Two by Brian Hung. Adrian Curry named Brian's poster for Hong Sang-soo's A Traveler's Needs (top) the best movie poster of the year. One of our favorite movie posters last year was Brian's one sheet for the restoration of Shinji Somai's 1985 film Typhoon Club. This year, Brian created the poster for another Somai restoration, Moving (1993). Released by Cinema Guild. |
Nocturnes / Pictures of GhostsSam Smith |
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Two by Sam Smith. An exquisite limited screenprint for Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan's moth doc Nocturnes (top) and a newspaper ad style one sheet for Kleber Mendonca Filho's doc Pictures of Ghosts. Released by Grasshopper Film. |
La ChimeraTony Stella |
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Lovely artwork by Tony Stella for one of the best films of the year. Released by NEON. |
Between the TemplesBrandon Schaefer |
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An inspired nod to the classic one sheet for John Cassavetes' Minnie and Moskowitz. Watch our MUBI Picks at Posteritati episode with Jason Schwartzman. Released by Sony Pictures Classics. |
The BeastVictor de Ladonchamps / Ad Vitam |
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A surprisingly simple poster for such a complex film with an abundance of visual material to pull from but in the end a startling and evocative choice of image, text and color. Released by Janus Films / Sideshow. |
Longlegs / Red Rooms / BoogerMidnight Marauder / Daniel Zender |
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The year of the red and black horror poster. Official Longlegs screenprint (top), released by NEON. Red Rooms official alt designed by Midnight Marauder, released by Utopia (photos from our after party with director Pascal Plante). Booger official alt designed by Daniel Zender, released by Dark Sky Films. |
Je tu il elleStefania Malmsten |
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Striking monochrome design for a new restoration of Chantal Akerman's 1974 film Je tu il elle. Unusual two sided poster with different designs on the front and back. Released by NonStop Entertainment. |
Carrie |
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A portrait of a lady on fire. Official U.K. quad for the new restoration of Brian De Palma's Carrie. Released by Park Circus. |
I Saw the TV Glow |
Stress PositionsGordon Landenberger |
Matt and MaraF. Ron Miller |
The HeirloomCharlie Hyman |
Riddle of FireWeston Razooli |
Kim's VideoChris Bilheimer |
DidiFelicia Chiao |
Afternoons of SolitudeA Contracorriente Films |
QueerB O N D |
Seven SamuraiSean Phillips / Neil Kellerhouse |