However, there are those posters that light the way to a brighter future, in which talented artists and designers, inspired by films we have at that point not yet seen, find inspiration to spin something creative in its own right, and develop covetable, framable, exotic, or intriguing imagery. In fact sometimes, the posters can surpass the films they promote. So we thought it was time we stop carping from the sidelines about the bad stuff and start recognizing and promoting the good stuff. Here then, for the first time ever, is The Playlist’s 20 Favorite Movie Posters Of The Year. Quick note: we’ve tried to be strict in keeping it to posters that were released in 2014, irrespective of the release date of the film, and wherever we can find it, we’ve credited the artist or design house responsible. If you know the designers of any that we couldn’t find, please let us know in the comments. theaters until next year, but “ The Wonders,” Alice Rohrwacher’s German-Italian coming-of-age tale, was one of the biggest crowd-pleasers at Cannes, and its poster was one of the more unforgettable images on the Croisette this year. A simple illustration of a young woman with bees coming out of her mouth (from Italian house Internozero Comunicazione), it evokes both storybooks and surrealist art in a way that initially seems quite different from the film itself, but is actually a perfect fit. As far as we can tell, the film hasn’t yet been picked up for U.S. release, but don’t be surprised to see this covering arthouse walls in 2015. ![]() ![]() It might be have been yet another found-footage horror picture (albeit one more effective than most), but late-summer-dregs genre quickie “ As Above, So Below” had a few things in its favor: a sparky lead performance from Perdita Weeks, a nifty title, and most of all, an ace one-sheet. Who said that great posters had to come out of great movies? Utilizing the red-and-black theme that seems so popular this year, it mixes a cannily inverted Eiffel Tower with a mound of skulls (the film is set in the Paris Catacombs) in a hypnotic manner. There were some stunning 2-D graphic takes on Gareth Edwards’ “ Godzilla,” (and you may have noticed our fondness for a black, red, and white color scheme elsewhere on this list), but we weren’t 100% certain those were legit commissioned posters.
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