BEST PICTURES: INSPIRED BY PHILOMENA

In our fourth and final week of our Best Pictures series, we celebrate the based-on-a-true-story brilliance of Philomena. Nominated for four Academy Awards, Philomena is really a tale of two cities. One is Limerick, Ireland, where a pregnant young woman’s story begins. The other is Washington D.C., nearly 50 years later, where the search for…

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6 Great Films With Oscar-Worthy Title Design

A well-done opening title sequence can be a beautiful place where filmmaking and graphic design come together. Title typography should be considered a moment in design history. Sure, all of the Oscar nominees were released in theaters, but how many will survive for years to come as works of art?  With the 2014 Academy Awards…

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Best Pictures: Inspired by Gravity

In the third celebratory week of our Best Pictures series, we look up, way up, to Gravity. The jaw-dropping effects. The cuticle-tearing suspense. The acrobatic work of Sandra Bullock. Yes, all of these factors helped earn Gravity an eye-popping ten Oscar nominations. Inspired by the film, we explored our collection of out-of-this-world images and found…

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