Matthew Buchanan

Stephen Coles: More evidence that hand-lettering is in: not...

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:21:00 +1300

More evidence that hand-lettering is in: not only is Jeff Bridges on the cover of Esquire UK, so is his typography. The frenetic brushwork is familiar to anyone who has visited Bridges’ website, which has almost no text or type at all. It’s all lettered, written, scribbled by hand.

I think the logo looks great. If they didn’t already have one of the best brands in the mag business, I’d keep it.

Jason Schwartzman demos the hell out of the New Yorker iPad app,...

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:50:00 +1300

Jason Schwartzman demos the hell out of the New Yorker iPad app, in a promo directed by Roman Coppola. Yeah, he did that at the end didn’t he…

Dennis Hopper dies at 74. Mark Cousins in The Guardian: He...

Sun, 30 May 2010 13:15:18 +1200

Dennis Hopper dies at 74. Mark Cousins in The Guardian:

He read the screenplay of Blue Velvet and famously told David Lynch that he was Frank Booth. The rapist-fetishist Booth took the mania of Hopper’s 1970s characters up a gear but, set in Lynch’s Eisenhower-textured world, he looked like one of the most terrifying characters in the history of the movies.

Cool guy formula. (via Rachel Eakley)

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:57:15 +1300

Cool guy formula. (via Rachel Eakley)

Empire celebrates its twentieth anniversary by recreating some...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:01:00 +1300

Empire celebrates its twentieth anniversary by recreating some favourite movie moments. Portraits by photographers Sarah Dunn and Robert Gallagher. (via Todd Dominey)

From Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright’s tribute to the late...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:14:44 +1300

From Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright’s tribute to the late Edward Woodward, who died in Cornwall today, aged 79:

I digress slightly, but let me say that if you [want] to pay tribute to Edward today, then simply watch the original version of The Wicker Man. It is a film that he was very proud of and I think that it ranks as one of the best British films of all time. It certainly has an indisputably harrowing ending.

McGregor, Clooney, Jedi references, The Dude and Boston on the...

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:26:00 +1200

McGregor, Clooney, Jedi references, The Dude and Boston on the soundtrack. Gotta be good, right? The Men Who Stare at Goats, directed by Clooney’s writing partner on Goodnight, and Good Luck, Grant Heslov. Out November 6. (via Dean Minifie)

Ridley Scott To Direct “Alien” Prequel

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:59:00 +1200

Ridley Scott To Direct “Alien” Prequel:

The script will be penned by Jon Spaihts following a successful pitch to Twentieth Century Fox, and a string of in-production sci-fi projects. PopWatch wants Ellen Page for a young Ellen Ripley, should the story include her. I really hope this comes together.

Mad. (via Dean Minifie)

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:03:00 +1200

Mad. (via Dean Minifie)

From Wired magazine, “Ask a Basterd: Can I Answer My Cell...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:08:00 +1200

From Wired magazine, “Ask a Basterd: Can I Answer My Cell at a Movie if It Seems Urgent?” Answer:

Never. It may be a brief interruption—just a few seconds—but what if someone sitting near you is trying to make a decent bootleg? Did you ever think of that? Now all those street-corner copies are permanently defiled by your so-called “emergency.” Don’t be so damn selfish.

(via Dean Minifie)