In this article, we discover the history of James Bond. With twenty-four James Bond movies and twelve novels released through five decades, we have seen James Bond sometimes depicted differently in Ian Flemings’ novel to his on-screen persona. Discover Ian Fleming’s vision as his ideal James Bond and the basis of the character in the […]
A fascinating new book – Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art – has been released celebrating the first 100 years of black film poster art. A visual feast, these images recount the diverse and historic journey of the black film industry from the earliest days of Hollywood to present day. Accompanied […]
The movie poster is thought to have originated in the 1870s when Paris artist and lithographer, Jules Cheret, introduced a printing technique that produced images with intense colour and rich texture. By the early 1890s, Paris streets were plastered with lithographic images hawking everything from bicycles to cognac to circus performances. These artful graphics became […]
Drew Struzan is movie poster artist, with a career spanning more than 3 decades and known for his illustration work on more than 150 movie posters. Here we offer a glimpse into the illustrated world of movie posters by Drew Struzan. Over the last 30 years he has created some of the most iconic movie […]
American Sniper is a 2015 film directed by Clint Eastwood who also co-produced the film with Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan. The screenplay was written by Jason Hall and is based on the memoirs American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle. American […]
Skyfall was released in 2012 and is the 23rd film in the James Bond series. It was directed by Sam Mendes and co-produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The screenplay was co-written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan. Skyfall stars Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Bérénice […]
JFK is a 1991 film directed by Oliver Stone who co-produced the film with A. Kitman Ho. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Zachary Sklar who adapted the film based on the books On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs. Oliver Stone described […]
Know all the secrets of everyones favourite swashbuckling, cocktail-sipping superspy 007, here are 11 things you probably didn’t know about James Bond. Having spent over 50 years as a cultural phenomenon, defeating plans for world destruction and riding on insane vehicles — and along the way, he’s had more than his fair share of weird […]
Skyfall was released in 2012 and is the 23rd film in the James Bond series. It was directed by Sam Mendes and co-produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The screenplay was co-written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan. Skyfall stars Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Bérénice […]
Das Boot (also known as The Boat) is a 1981 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It was co-produced by Günter Rohrbach. The screenplay was written by Wolfgang Petersen and is an adaptation of the 1973 novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Das Boot stars Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin […]
Das Boot (otherwise known as The Boat) is a 1981 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It was co-produced by Günter Rohrbach. The screenplay was written by Wolfgang Petersen and is an adaptation of the 1973 novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Das Boot stars Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin […]
Titanic is a 1997 film directed by James Cameron, who wrote the screenplay and co-produced the film with Jon Landau. Although Titanic is not intended to be an accurate depiction of events, aboard the ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic, the characters are a mix of fictional and historical figures. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy […]
Titanic is a 1997 film directed by James Cameron, who wrote the screenplay and co-produced the film with Jon Landau. Although Titanic is not intended to be an accurate depiction of events, aboard the ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic, the characters are a mix of fictional and historical figures. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy […]
The Birth of a Nation is a 2016 film directed by Nate Parker, in his directorial debut. It was co-produced by Nate Parker, Kevin Turen, Jason Michael Berman, Aaron L. Gilbert and Preston Holmes. The screenplay was written by Nate Parker based on his and Jean McGianni Celestin’s story. It stars Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, […]
In 2011 a collection of movie posters were found. Within the find of 33 classic and incredibly rare posters dating back as far as 1930 were some examples previously thought to have been lost forever. They were found in a small county auction in Berwick, Pennsylvania, United States in several lots stuck together with wallpaper […]
From within the dark and gloom of a disused passageway at Notting Hill tube station in West London, comes an astonishing array of vintage posters from 1950s bursting with colour and offering a fascinating insight into London’s past. The posters were discovered in 2010, when workman were completing modernisation work at the tube station’s old […]