scanners (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
See more ("Up in the Air," "Little Miss Sunshine," "Madea Goes to Jail") at The Auteurs, where Adrian Curry writes: Two of my favorite posters of recent years, those for "Margot at the Wedding" (2007) and "Funny Games" U.S....
FilmChat (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Two years ago , I linked to a video (and a now-defunct website) which put forth the notion that too many movies were using the Trajan font in their posters and credit sequences. Now, Adrian Curry at The Auteurs says a number of posters produced over the past few years have begun to rely upon the supposedly-neutral Helvetica font, instead; this trend began, he says, with the posters for...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Organizing and ranking the work of the '00s is probably the main focus of a lot of publications right now, and so far I've only stumbled on two of them (one thanks to Adrian Curry). The UK Times Online made their 100 Best Films of the Noughties, as per UK release, with some surprising and frankly unfortunate choices. Any list that includes Paul Haggis' Crash is automatically tossed in...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... the order and lodged an appeal, leading to yesterday’s announcement.Welcoming the decision, Adrian Curry, director of Quinn, said: “We hope that Ardagh Glass, who have vociferously challenged the existence of the Elton plant for the past five years, will now follow our initiative by investing in new, efficient technology, with improved environmental standards, which will allow proper...
