This year felt like one of the strongest years for movies in a while, with a lot to look forward to in 2024. Here's 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 list (in its 15th year!) over at MUBI.
The Zone of InterestNeil Kellerhouse | |
After seeing Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest at NYFF, I wondered how the film's one sheet would communicate its formal departure from the historical war drama/biopic genre. The two designs created by Neil Kellerhouse seen here do just that with a startling immediacy commensurate with the tone of Glazer's work. The first poster released by A24 presents a paradoxical image: an idyllic, almost mundane, sunlit garden scene under an ink black sky—an inversion of Magritte's The Empire of Light. The second poster revealed earlier this month in advance of the film's NYC/LA opening takes us up close to one of the flowers in the garden—a glowing poppy-red abstraction that draws your eye to the abyss at its center. Taken together, these images have a destabilizing effect that dares the viewer to contemplate what's on the other side of the garden wall. Released by A24. |
Anatomy of a Fall / The Disappearance Of Shere HiteAkiko Stehrenberger | |
Three by Akiko Stehrenberger. |
TÁRAkiko Stehrenberger / Thunderwing | |
One of the highlights of our year was having the honor of representing two limited edition screenprints for Todd Field's 2022 film TÁR—Akiko Stehrenberger's interpretation of Cate Blanchett's Lydia Tár as Gulliver in Lilliput and Thunderwing's dynamic Swiss typographic take on the film's title and central character. |
May DecemberP+A | |
This Bergmanesque poster for Todd Haynes's May December was given away at 35mm screenings. Released by Netflix. |
De Humani Corporis FabricaMidnight Marauder | |
Adrian Curry's well-deserved top pick for one of my favorite films of the year. Midnight Marauder generously shared some alternate poster designs he created for the film that are just as strong as the final one sheet but strike very different tones. I agree with Adrian that the distributor "made the right choice with this baby." Released by Grasshopper Films. |
Sick of Myself / Dream ScenarioIsamu Gakiya / Idea Oshima / River Cousin | |
The main creative for Sick of Myself, Kristoffer Borgli's pitch black comedy John Waters called "Pretty? Pretty fucked up!," is just a frame grab, but it's one that perfectly captures the film's sardonic tone and treatment of themes around narcissism and social media. The poster for the Japanese release was just as effective with its illustrated approach (Isamu Gakiya / Idea Oshima). We had a blast with Kris and the Utopia team when the film opened in April (photos). |
Poor ThingsVasilis Marmatakis / Vladimir Radibratovic | |
The collaboration between Vasilis Marmatakis and Yorgos Lanthimos has given us some of the best examples of movie poster design of the last couple of decades (the Dogtooth poster is a personal favourite) and the campaign for Poor Things is no exception. Released by Searchlight Pictures. |
Killers of the Flower MoonAddie Roanhorse | |
Special poster created for IMAX screenings of Martin Scorsese's epic with artwork by the film’s Osage Nation Ambassador, Addie Roanhorse. |
The KillerNeil Kellerhouse / James Paterson | |
"Execution is everything." Neil Kellerhouse and James Paterson nailed the execution on this series of vintage noir-inspired Le Samourai-esque one sheets, and the title treatment is killer. Released by Netflix. |
The Boy and the HeronHayao Miyazaki | |
I selected this poster for the unique role it played in the film's marketing. Studio Ghibli announced that they would not release any ads or trailers for Hayao Miyazaki's highly anticipated feature prior to its release in Japan over the summer, this poster with Miyazaki's own hand-drawn concept art being the sole exception. |
Rotting in the SunIgnasi Monreal | |
Another giant bird but this one's dining on a rotting-but-somehow-still-tumescent corpse, the perfect visual entrypoint for Sebastián Silva's horny ketamine-fueled E.M. Cioran-inspired comedy. Painting by Ignasi Monreal. Released by MUBI. |
Beau is AfraidYeon Yeoin | |
R. Crumb-y artwork by Yeon Yeoin for the South Korean release of Ari Aster's "Jewish Lord of the Rings," John Waters' favorite movie of the year, that includes a Mariah Carey needle drop that takes scene of the year. Released by A24. |
The Sweet EastKat Mukai | |
Talia Ryder crosses the Delaware in Sean Price Williams and Nick Pinkerton's picaresque ode to the American east coast, painting by Kat Mukai. Released by Utopia. |
Joyland / Falcon LakeCaspar Newbolt | |
Two beauties from Caspar Newbolt, a ravishing alt poster for Saim Sadiq's Joyland, and the official one sheet for Charlotte Le Bon's debut feature Falcon Lake. We had lots of fun hosting Charlotte Le Bon, Caspar Newbolt, and our friends at Yellow Veil over the summer to celebrate the opening of Falcon Lake at Metrograph (photos). |
A Woman EscapesThomas Cecchelani / Burak Cevik / Blake Williams / Yezoi Hwang | |
A limited edition set of two double-sided posters for A Woman Escapes, a 3D collaborative feature by Sofia Bohdanowicz, Burak Cevik, and Blake Williams, starring Deragh Campbell. Released by Prismatic Ground. |
NowhereGregg Araki / Steve Siers | |
This year we were blessed with not one but two sparkling new restorations of dearly beloved but long unavailable films by Gregg Araki, The Doom Generation and Nowhere. We had an absolute blast with Gregg and James Duval here at Posteritati for both releases. For the new release of Nowhere, Gregg dug up an unused comp he designed for the original 1997 release (pictured here) and used it as the basis for the new 2023 one sheet. Strand Releasing issued a creditless version of the new design as a signed limited edition which we had the privilege of representing. |
The Gods of Times SquareHassan Rahim | |
I love this Nam June Paik coded tri-fold poster designed by Hassan Rahim for the new Elara Pictures / The Film Desk release of Richard Sandler's 1999 doc The Gods of Times Square. |
Typhoon Club / P.P. Rider / In WaterBrian Hung | |
Three by Brian Hung, one of the most consistently excellent artists and one who brings a fresh approach to every project he takes on. Brian deploys three totally different techniques on each poster shown here—two new Shinji Somai restorations, Typhoon Club and P.P. Rider, and the experimental new Hong Sang-soo, In Water—and each one is wildly successful in their respective domain. Released by Cinema Guild. |
Asteroid CityBLT |
They Cloned TyroneGrandSon |
Once Within a TimeGrier Dill / opticnerve™ |
Once Within a TimeGrier Dill / opticnerve™ |
Trenque LauquenSam Smith |
Carpet CowboysBrandon Winters |
Moon GardenTony Stella |
Story AveJasmin Siddiqui / Gus Deardoff |
Victims of SinLauren Tamaki |
A Woman of ParisTimothy Pittedes |
So UnrealAdam Juresko |
Ashkal: The Tunisian InvestigationYellow Veil |
Menus-Plaisirs - Les TroisgrosZipporah Films |
Saw XSwitch |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseSony Pictures |
ArchangelGalen Johnson |
Pi |
La ChimeraFabian Negrin |
A Thousand and OneDesi Moore |
What Doesn't FloatCarson Foley |
The Spirit of '45Brandon Schaefer |
Millennium MamboOtter Hellmann |
The Little FugitiveOtter Hellmann |