Movies Film posters retain an appeal and mystique that no advertisement for fruit-flavored vodka or cell phone services will ever be able to capture ... The promises they make are almost invariably broken by the films they promote, but as you pass them you cannot help but feel a certain frisson.
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Art of the Modern Movie Poster by Judith Salavetz et al., Text by Dave Kehr (Chronicle, $75)
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