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25 Posters For Women's History Month

Cleo from 5 to 7, 1964, Czech Republic, written and directed by Agnès Varda

Daisies, 1966, Czech Republic, directed and co-written by Věra Chytilová

The Connection, 1969, Czech Republic, directed by Shirley Clarke

Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982, Japan, directed by Amy Heckerling

Big, 1988, Czech Republic, directed by Penny Marshall

Daughters of the Dust, R2016, USA, screenplay and direction by Julie Dash

Little Man Tate, 1991, USA, directed by and starring Jodie Foster

Orlando, 1992, USA, written and directed by Sally Potter

Strange Days, 1995, USA, directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Clueless, 1995, USA, screenplay and direction by Amy Heckerling

The Portrait of a Lady, 1996, USA, directed by Jane Campion

High Art, 1998, USA, written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko

Ratcatcher, 1999, USA, written and directed by Lynne Ramsay

Faithless, 1999, USA, directed by Liv Ullmann

American Psycho, 2000, USA, directed by Mary Harron, screenplay by Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner

Frida, 2002, USA, directed by Julie Taymor

In the Mirror of Maya Deren, 2002, Japan, directed by Martina Kudláček

Lost in Translation, 2003, Japan, written and directed by Sofia Coppola

Fish Tank, 2011, Czech Republic, written and directed by Andrea Arnold

Tiny Furniture, 2010, USA, written by, directed by and starring Lena Dunham

Meek's Cutoff, 2010, USA, directed by Kelly Reichardt

Breathe, 2015, USA, directed by Mélanie Laurent

I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman, 2015, USA, directed by Marianne Lambert

Lady Bird, 2017, USA, written and directed by Greta Gerwig

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30 Posters in Honor of Black History Month

We're celebrating Black History Month with a selection of 30 posters from our archive. Most of our selections are featured in the excellent book Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art. One of my personal favorite posters from the book is this incredible Sun Ra poster (page 221).

The Bull-Dogger, USA, 1923

The Flying Ace, USA, 1926

Cabin in the Sky, USA, 1943

To Live in Peace, Poland, 1956

No Way Out, USA, 1950

Carmen Jones, USA, 1954

Edge of the City, USA, 1957

Tamango, Poland, 1959

Shadows, USA, 1960

Black Orpheus, Poland, 1960

The Connection, UK, 1962

Cassius le grand, France, 1964

Nothing But a Man, USA, 1965

In the Heat of the Night, East Germany, 1970

Superfly, Italy, 1972

Cleopatra Jones, USA, 1973

Mandingo, Poland, 1975

Wild Style, USA, 1982

The Color Purple, East Germany, 1987

She's Gotta Have It, Japan, 1986

Do the Right Thing, USA, 1989

4 Little Girls, USA, 1997

Precious, USA, 2009

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, USA, 2011

I Am Not Your Negro, USA, 2016

Moonlight, Japan, 2016

Black Panther, USA, 2018

If Beale Street Could Talk, USA, 2018

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Posteritati Apparel Coming Soon

Poster-inspired sweatshirts of some of our favorite auteurs, coming soon! A very limited run was available at the Metrograph Film Book Fair this past December. Quantities will be limited.

The Poster Boys podcast listeners: the Robert Bresson sweatshirt Sam was wearing is pictured above and the poster it references is this one.

Au Hasard Balthazar 1966 Polish A1, Jacek Neugebauer

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2018 in Review — Our Picks

We’ve compiled our most exciting acquisitions of 2018. See what our staff had to say about the posters that stood out most.

Thank you to everyone — our staff, customers, supporters and fans — who made this year a great one. Cheers!

Above, RBG, USA, 2018, art by Gravillis Inc. Our most popular selling poster this year.

La Dolce Vita, Italy, 1960

“Looking at this poster one not only gets an impression of the characters, lifestyle and tabloids that frequent the film but the sheer thrill of what this film offers. Fellini may have shot it in black and white but it remains a film full of life and color and this poster captures that beautifully: The alluring elegance of Rome under neon and its underlying shadow, the insincerity of a world ruled by fame, prestige and status.” -Nico, Gallery Assistant

2001: A Space Odyssey, Japan, R1995

“1995 was the year we needed a totally awesome pink and silver poster with twinkling foil stars for 2001 and I thank whoever made this for giving us exactly that.” -Stan, Gallery Manager

Marilyn, Japan, 1963

“To me this is the perfect use of a Japanese speed format. The design is minimal, Marilyn looks amazing, and those lucite heels are to die for.” -Laura, Gallery Assistant

Brazil, UK, 1985

“This gorgeous UK Quad embodies everything Brazil is about and easily remains the film’s best poster. Whether it be the shadowed, never-ending drawers and the frightening labyrinth of bureaucracy it embodies, or the elegant, fantastical flying figure eager for escape, to the title’s font no one can ever forget, it’s as if the film’s imagery were printed on paper.” -Nico

Solaris, Italy, 1974

“This might not be the most appropriate poster for the overall mood and visuals of Solaris, but the artwork is extremely well done and in the classic painterly style that was popular in Italy in the 1960s and 70s.” -Laura

The Exterminating Angel, Japan, R2017

“Every element is situated just right on this lovely little chirashi. The halftone effect was a nice choice. And if there’s a shade of grey that’s the best this is the one.” -Stan

The Man Who Fell to Earth, USA, 1976

“Making a poster for Roeg’s bold, mulitgenre film is no easy feat and this poster captures how alien both the film and our world can be. It brilliantly uses a photo’s negative and a dynamic use of space and shape. You have the man, alien, planet and more importantly, an interest in all of those subjects, just from looking at the poster.“ -Nico

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Germany, 1978

“This is really one of the weirdest movie posters I’ve ever seen and the guy that designed it we’re pretty sure is named Zorg.” -Stan

Frogs, Japan, 1975

“This poster is much more exciting than the actual film, and I say that in the best way possible. The U.S. posters for Frogs have the amazing frog-eating-hand motif, but only the Japanese poster has this splendid and totally absurd stock image collage.” -Laura

Othello, Poland, 1959

“Matching the elegance of Shakespeare’s pen and Welles’ haunting baroque imagery, this beautifully austere poster is a classic example of Polish design.”  -Nico

The Man Who Skied Down Everest, USA, 1975

“I love the sans serif typeface and the photo of a guy actually skiing down Mount Everest.” -Stan

To Catch a Thief, Denmark, R1960s

“The colors, printing, and graphic weirdness of this design totally make the poster. Totally amazing.” -Laura

Dogville, Japan, 2003

“I like this a lot because it reminds me of the opening titles to Alien.” -Stan

The 400 Blows, Hungary, 1960

“This artwork is totally unique to the Hungarian poster. Like many Eastern European posters, it has a sombre mood, but that makes the liberating end of the film all the more satisfying.” -Laura

More of our picks below.

101 Dalmatians, Hungary, R1984

2001: A Space Odyssey, USA, 1968

Belladonna of Sadness, USA, 2016

Fitzcarraldo, Czech Republic, 1982

Harold and Maude, France, R1980s

The Master, France, 2012

North by Northwest, Japan, 1959

Phantom Thread, USA, 2017

Salesman, USA, 1969

Zazie dans le métro, Poland, 1960

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It’s Here. 2018 Gift Guide.

The holidays have arrived and that means our popular seasonal gift guide is back. See our best-of picks for the cine-freak in your life and let us do the hard work for you.

Don’t forget, we offer interest-free payment plans on any purchase. Learn more on our FAQ.

20 Gifts $50 and Under

25 Gifts $51 to $100

25 Gifts $101 to $200

25 Gifts $201 to $300

25 Gifts $301 to $500

25 Gifts For 90s Kids

Top 25 1980s Posters In Stock Right Now

Top 25 1970s Posters In Stock Right Now

Top 25 Polish Posters In Stock Right Now

Top 25 Czech Posters In Stock Right Now

Top 25 Japanese Posters In Stock Right Now

25 Gifts For FilmStruck Addicts

10 Gifts For Wes Anderson Fans

15 Gifts For "Half-Witted Scruffy-Looking Nerf Herders"

15 Gifts Totoro Fans Will Totally Love

25 Gifts For The Kubrick Connoisseur

25 Gifts For Pitchfork Readers

25 Gifts For Documentary Nuts

10 Gifts For Art Buffs

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The Biggest Splash

via Christie’s

David Hockney’s Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold this week for 90.3 million dollars, smashing the previous record for price paid for a painting by a living artist.

While it’s not the same imposing 7x10 foot size, the U.K. quad for the classic documentary A Bigger Splash features the same artwork and is in stock for $300. That's 300,000 times cheaper than the original. Not bad.

Below, additional posters inspired by or featuring classic or fine art. You'll find these tributes at our gallery for quite a bit less than their inspirational counterparts. Assuming we can't all afford the Mona Lisa, that's pretty good news.

The 1966 Czech poster for The Naked Eye by Josef Vyletal coopts the Mona Lisa.

The 1970 Czech poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds is directly inspired by Max Ernst’s Attirement of the Bride.

Andy Warhol’s original art for Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Querelle and the polaroid he based it on.

Franciszek Starowieyski’s interpretation of The Birth of Venus on his poster for the 1962 Bulgarian fantasy film Sun and Shadow.

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It Comes to Life! The Mummy Set to Break Record

Photo: Sotheby’s

“It comes to life!” — it’s a snappy tagline and it works, because you can say this poster is living a second life of its own.

One of three known copies of the 1932 U.S. one sheet for The Mummy starring Boris Karloff is poised to sell for over one million dollars at Sotheby’s this week, easily breaking the record for the highest amount ever paid for a movie poster.

The Guardian checked in with us about the auction and we’re excited. Posteritati owner Sam Sarowitz called classic Universal horror posters as “The golden fleece of movie posters,” noting that very few copies survived: “They were never released to the public, unlike other pop culture collectibles like baseball cards or comic books. They were just tossed away.”

Photo: Handout/Reuters

The current record for price paid for a movie poster belongs to the 1927 German three sheet for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, sold for $690,000 in 2005.

But $1,000,000+ is an altogether different game and we’re keeping a close eye. As Mr. Sarowitz says, “Hopefully the thing won’t shred once it’s sold!”

Auctions ends Halloween day.

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Six Times Poster Artists Probably Didn't See the Film

These posters don't exactly fit the tone of the films they're for and we love it.

If we didn't know any better, we'd think The African Queen was a kids’ film, Close Encounters a stoner screwball, and Rebel Without a Cause a celebration of peace and love. And is this the Scenes from a Marriage we're thinking of? Or was it confused with Smiles of a Summer Night? Send us your own favorites of off-key art and we'll feature the best.

Rebel Without a Cause, Czech Republic, 1969

Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Poland, 1977

Tootsie, Poland, 1984

The African Queen, Poland, 1951

Scenes from a Marriage, USA, 1973

The Birds, Czech Republic, 1970

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NYFF56 Opening Weekend

It's opening weekend at the 56th New York Film Festival. Above from the archives, the famous Andy Warhol ticket stub design for the fifth ever festival.

See our NYFF poster tag of past films, and check out this year’s schedule of films, talks, revivals and spotlight on documentary.

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Women of the West.

Yeehar. Anthology Film Archives kicks off their Women of the West series this weekend! Expect a bang from start to finish, with everyone’s secret favorite western — Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford — opening the series tomorrow night on 35mm. From Anthology:

Women have always been present in the genre as supporting figures: wives, sisters, preachers’ daughters, teachers, prostitutes, etc. But this series highlights Westerns that focus on a female protagonist, foregrounding the importance of women both to the Western genre and to the history of the American West itself. Spanning the early days of cinema all the way to the 21st century, and encompassing a number of films written and directed by women, this series aims to construct a narrative indicating the varied roles women played in shaping this country and more broadly the ways that the film industry has told stories of our western foremothers: the sharpshooters, hustlers, entrepreneurs, bandits, and all-around resilient women who worked as hard as men to maintain normalcy amid an inhospitable landscape.

August 31-September 16th. See the full calendar. 

Above, the theatrical release U.S. one sheet for Kelly Reichardt’s Meeks Cutoff with art by Marlene McCarty. The film plays September 1st, 15th, and 16th. 

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International Cat Day

As if we needed a reason to post about our CATS tag.

House (Hausu), Japan, 1977

Stalker, France, 1981

I Am a Cat, Japan, 1975

Breakfast at Tiffany's, Australia, 1961

The World of Henry Orient, Poland, 1965

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Metrograph Film Book Fair

This August 10-12, our friends at Metrograph hold their first Film Book Fair: their newly acquired collection of thousands of rare, vintage, and out-of-print items will be available, including biographies, monographs, hundreds of periodicals covering the last seven decades—from Sight & Sound to Cahiers to The Velvet Light Trap—plus memorabilia, scripts, novelizations, and ephemera. The Film Book Fair will also feature special events and screenings with guests all weekend long, including Warren Beatty's Reds with Darryl Pinckney, an opening night show of Sunset Boulevard, and two by Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James Bond classic You Only Live Twice. We’ll be joining in the fun on Saturday and Sunday, so make sure to swing by the Posteritati table to say hi! Join the Facebook group for all the details, and check out our special curated list of inventory for films from the theater’s inaugural series Welcome to Metrograph: A to Z.

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New August Inventory

Ten highlights from our August Update.

Solaris, Italy, 1974. $400.

Blue Velvet, Germany, 1986. $150.

Zazie dans le métro, Poland, 1960. Linenbacked. $900.

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Japan, R2000s. $125.

The Birds, USA, 1963. $225.

Help!, Japan, 1965. $225.

Roman Holiday, USA, 1953. $175.

The Truth (La Verite), Spain, 1962. $250.

Dr. No, USA, 1962. Linenbacked. $2500.

House, Japan, 1977. $195.

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Screen Slate + Posteritati

Just announced! Screen Slate members at any level get 10% off all Posteritati inventory at any time. 

You don’t use Screen Slate? What? Anyone can hop on their NYC film screenings email blast Screen Slate Daily for free, but make sure to become a member to enjoy their weekly email digest and support their invaluable service! Memberships range from only $3-$10 per month.

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B1. S-T-B. B2. Chi-ra-shi.

STB Tatekan for Kurosawa’s Rashomon, 1965

Most countries produce movie posters in a few main standardized sizes, often based on the ISO 216 international paper size system. Japan follows this system and produces posters in the B1, B2, B3, B5 (or chirashi) sizes, as well as the STB Tatekan double panel, which is comprised of two B2 sheets. This covers a wide range of sizes — a chirashi is essentially a handbill, while an STB Tatekan is five feet tall. 

Chirashi for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia, 1999

B2 for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 1976

B1 for Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love, 2000

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Artist Spotlight: Andrzej Pagowski

Cabaret, R1980s

They’re brutal, bold, and challenging. This pillar of modern Polish poster design begs you to try to look away, but in 27 by 39 inches of paper Andrzej Pagowski reminds us why we come back to cinema again and again. His works invite us to step inside and explore our own raw humanity, or at least to try the best we know how — in the company of film.

See the wildly creative surrealist works by Andrzej Pagowski.

Empire of the Sun, 1987

Komediantka, 1987

Camera Buff, Poland, 1979

Macbeth, 1981

Working Girl, 1990

Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera, 1988

A Short Film About Killing, 1988

Rosemary's Baby, 1984

State of Fear, 1989

Interrogation, 1989

Masquerade, 1987

After Hours, 1987

Pagowski’s poster for Martin Scorsese’s After Hours was in a recent episode of BBC’s hit show Killing Eve. 

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Unearthed. From the archives.

Recently unearthed from our archives — 1931 U.S. window card for Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, from the film’s original release. The blank space at the top of the card is meant for hand writing theater run information and showtimes. 

See more Charlie Chaplin, and more unearthed treasures from the collection.