Flicks Film Posters

There are two Scottish-set films above all others that visitors to our shop ask if we have posters for: Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting (1996) and Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero (1983). These very different but much loved classics of British cinema have firmly embedded themselves in popular culture, and like all the best movies, appeal across the generations. The basic plot of Local Hero is simple. Peter Riegert plays "Mac" MacIntyre, an American oil company representative, sent by his astrology...

I first saw Sergio Corbucci’s cult 1968 spaghetti Western The Great Silence thanks to a BBC2 Moviedrome screening in 1990. Introduced by film-maker Alex Cox, these late-night wonders, often shown in double-bills, were a film buff’s dream. Focussing on cult films, underrated gems, forgotten masterpieces, and the downright weird, it’s a sad fact that there’s little chance of a mainstream broadcaster ever again having the courage to programme a film season such as Moviedrome, and allowing it to...

Monsieur Hulot and modernist visions - the films of Jacques Tati, French writer-director-comedian.