1. mother!Darren Aronofsky’s divisive nightmare boasted a number of very striking posters this year, including one that blatantly yet beautifully pastiched the iconic Gips/Frankfurt design for Rosemary’s Baby and another in which Jennifer Lawrence’s face is minutely cracked like a porcelain doll. But it is this first teaser poster for the film, by the extraordinary artist James Jean, that stands out for me not only as a surreally appropriate representation of Aronofsky’s uncompromising vision, but as the best movie poster of the year. Grotesque and gorgeous, and dotted with hidden clues, Jean’s looks more like a piece of devotional iconography than a poster for a horror movie. (There is also an accompanying poster by Jean which features Javier Bardem’s character.) Known for his covers for the DC comic book series Fables, Jean has been in high demand this year, creating the charcoal illustration...
- 12/11/2017
- MUBI
As soon as I saw this poster (for a film I’d never heard of) I fell in love with it, and so I wasn’t surprised to discover that it was designed by Jeremy Saunders whose posters I’ve featured a number of times before. British-born, but based in Australia, Saunders designed the best poster for Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist as well as a superb Fish Tank poster (in my Top Ten of 2010). I also loved his illustration and hand-lettering for the short film Bear which can be seen in my Cannes round-up this year.
What I love about the poster, beyond its gorgeous color scheme of blues and yellows, and its superb sense of composition (the inverted pyramid of yellow pointing down to a triangle of nicely minimal text) is that it knocks you a little off balance. First of all there’s Matthew Goode upside down...
What I love about the poster, beyond its gorgeous color scheme of blues and yellows, and its superb sense of composition (the inverted pyramid of yellow pointing down to a triangle of nicely minimal text) is that it knocks you a little off balance. First of all there’s Matthew Goode upside down...
- 9/16/2011
- MUBI
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