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Adam Rabalais decided to try his hand at re-designing classic movie posters, with nation of origin appropriate spelling and style, and without all of the clutter present in the average lobby fare. Check the link out for a small gallery of the artist’s reworks, and see if you think simpler is better.
Link –via ComicsAlliance
When the term Fan Film is used to describe what you’re about to watch, you normally don’t expect much from the film or the maker. This film, entitled Portal: No Escape is unlike any fan film i’ve ever seen, because it’s downright quality-looks good, well written, stylish and entertaining throughout. No Escape should definitely raise the bar for future fan films, and I would love to see this film, and quality fan films like it, turned into YouTube mini series one day. Why is it that this short film rocks and most big budget video game movies are terrible? I guess Hollywood needs to hire more fans to help make their films!
-via BoingBoing
Exploitation films, Grindhouse cinema and good old fashioned “B” movies if for anything were always good for their outlandish posters that were usually better then the films themselves. The scantily glad women and hideous monsters on the poster and cover art usually didn’t live up to their promise once you actually watched these films. This gallery of posters imagines if more mainstream, classic Hollywood films had used the same techniques in trying to entice an audience.
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema enforces old-fashioned theater etiquette. They have two rules: no talking during a movie, and no phone usage. After a woman was ejected from the theater for texting during a film, she left an angry voice mail. The theater promptly turned her message into a public service announcement. In discussions at the Drafthouse site, Roger Ebert’s blog, SlashFilm, reddit, Fark, and Metafilter, most commenters applaud the theater for enforcing silence during films. Link (video at the site contains unedited NSFW language)
This delightful animation by Pascal Monaco brings 35 minimalist movie posters to life. I recognized 7. How many can you identify?
»35mm« is a shortfilm about cinema itself. We picked 35 of our favorite movies and tried to simplify them as far as possible. The outcome is a 2 minute journey through the history of film.
Concept / Layout: Sarah Biermann, Torsten Strer, Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco
Animation: Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco
Sound: Torsten Strer
Link – Via The Daily What
Poking around Fangoria‘s site I stumbled upon something seemingly out of the ordinary – a short film review of an unknown film by an unknown filmmaker.
The short called "The Night Shift" is an adventure/comedy/horror/sci-fi film about a cemetery night watchman whose nightly job is to keep the cemetery’s residents from escaping. Citing Fangoria’s positive review I gave the 23 minute film a view and thought it was fantastic. It’s truly a unique and out of the ordinary concept that makes for a very entertaining film. I hope everyone can set aside 23 minutes and give this wonderful film a chance. You won’t regret it.
Meanwhile, I checked out the filmmaker’s website (www.fightingowlfilms.com) and learned they’re a Mobile, Alabama (where?) based low-budget filmmaking group aspiring to make a feature film. I wish them the best of luck and with a film like "The Night Shift" on their resume I look forward to their future endeavors.
I’ve posted Part 1 of the film as found on YouTube. Part 2 and 3 are also available as well.
– via fangoriaonline
From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by Gukbe2000.
