Empire Magazine (Australia) x Joshua Budich Pays Homage To The Best Auteurs Of Our World...

Joshua Budich is a very talented artist and certainly one I assume would be up to the task of creating a epic cover for a magazine. But when it comes to tackling the amount of talent that is present in the "Filmmaker" issue of Australia's Empire Magazine, it is definitely a challenge for any artist to get it just right. Budich nails it, not only featuring 7 top filmmakers on the cover (Copolla, Spielberg, Weedon, del Torro, Fincher, Lynch and Cameron) but also including interesting tidbits of art from past works of the auteurs. But Budich based his art choices on what these directors ACTUALLY contributed to this issue, so there are Easter Egg hints as to what is discussed right there on the cover! The final result is nothing short of amazing, pretty much as good as a Mondo poster in its entirety. The issue is packed full of contributions from everyone mentioned above, as well as even more... I HAVE to get my hands on a copy of this magazine! You can enjoy the beautiful cover in its full glory after the jump...

R.I.P. Sidney Lumet: A Career Retrospective In Movie Posters

Over the past weekend, Hollywood lost one of its greatest directors, Sidney Lumet. Lumet, known as "The Actors Director" amongst his peers, worked with the best and brightest throughout his long, illustrious career. Everyone from Fonda to Newman, to Dunaway to Brando, to Sophie Loren & Katherine Hepburn... Lumet worked with the best of the best. His top collaborations came with Sean Connery and Al Pacino (too many great films to count). Most of his movies were set in NYC and reflected an era of my hometown that was before my time but comes alive in movies like 'Dog Day Afternoon' and 'Serpico'. Lumet was a visionary all the way up until his last film, 'Before The Devil Knows Your Dead' (a phenomenal movie... really!). He was 86 years old... you will be missed Sidney. Thanks for the memories!!!