Thoughts I had... while staring at this poster of "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"

...Or, rather:  thought, singular.

This is actually brilliant counter-intuitive poster design. It takes Tammy Faye's most famous features... those bright blue eyes absolutely imprisoned in mascara and eyeshadow, and obscures them. Biopics invite you to gawk at someone famous and get to know them better. This one is is all 'don't look don't look. The shame!'

Love it. Can't wait to see Jessica Chastain's work. (Previous thoughts on the trailer here)

Thoughts I had... while staring at the "Black Widow" posters

by Nathaniel R

You can hear that, right? It's a little bit like a loud whisper rather than the standard deafening shouts of mid May but summer movie season is calling. What that will mean this year is anyone's guess with the pandemic having wreaked havoc on viewing habits, moviegoing, and theatrical releases. But we've been inundated with new trailers and now we're getting the usual promotions of character posters. Hollywood hopes you'll go back to the movies. (Or do they, since they're so obsessed with building their streaming services). So let's talk the long delayed not-quite-upon-us Black Widow which hits in July by way of its character posters. 

Whenever we're short on time we like to do these 'thoughts i had' and present them unedited as they come though these posters are kind of plain so it's not giving us much to think about...

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Yes No Maybe So: "Promising Young Woman"

by Lynn Lee

Could this be Carey Mulligan’s year?  When the first trailer for Promising Young Woman hit theaters last December, this viewer, at least, immediately sat up and took notice.  Mulligan plays emphatically against type as a modern-day nemesis aptly named Cassandra, self-packaged as a poisoned bonbon of sexual pliability, and spurred to vengeance by an unpunished rape that caused her to drop out of medical school.  Reviews at Sundance affirmed the power of Mulligan’s performance, and the movie seemed poised to remind the world that she’s still a formidable actress who deserves way more attention than she’s received since her breakout Oscar-nominated turn in An Education. 

Then the pandemic happened, and PYW’s release—originally set for April— was indefinitely pushed back.  Now it’s rescheduled for Christmas Day, and the movie poster and a second trailer have dropped.  Will it be enough to get Mulligan in the 2020 awards conversation?  Let’s break the trailer down, YNMS style...

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Tweetweek Quickie

I would see this movie so many times and nominate it for ALL the Film Bitch Awards.

Marriage Story but it’s Kermit and Miss Piggy

— Ray Lewis (@RayLewis1997) May 5, 2020

Co-sign.

Films with credits at the beginning >>> Films with credits at the end.

— David Jenkins (@daveyjenkins) May 6, 2020

 After the jump: Glenn Close, The Never Ending Story goofing, Interview with the Vampire, Bruce Campbell's new look, Logan Lerman in the pool, and more...

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Posterized: The Wondrous Work of Ruth E Carter

For today's Posterized, a special birthday treat. We've only covered themes, sub-genres, directors and actors in this series so today a first... a costume designer. Today is the 60th birthday of Oscar winner Ruth E Carter (Black Panther) and she's designed so many important pictures over the years (including multiple Spike Lee classics) that she's definitely worth celebrating in this form.

We're still not over her bizarre Oscar snub for Dolemite Is My Name last season but let's look back on the whole feature film career in movie poster form.

How many of her 51 feature films have you seen? 

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