Advertising Movies

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one...

Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at...

Advertising execs Melanie Welsh and Donovan Goodwin disagree on a cellphone Christmas commercial they’re pitching. He says his sleek design...

Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product...

Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.

An examination of the evolution of commercials as an artistic medium, featuring interviews with media luminaries who relate how the in-your-face...

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

While trying to expose corruption and greed, television reporter Edison Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of...

A mid-level automotive company employee is summoned to the mountain villa of owner Giovanni Nosferatu, only to discover a glossy netherworld where...

A young hairdresser enters into the modeling world while fearing retaliation from her puritanical mother and stalker ex-boyfriend.

Advertising surrounds us. It is part of our lives, our memory and our culture: it is a pure reflection of our society. However, those who think and...

In 1957, Peter Kubelka was hired to make a short commercial for Schwechater beer. The beer company undoubtedly thought they were commissioning a film...

Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that...

A documentary exploring the birth, death and resurrection of illustrated movie poster art. Through interviews with a number of key art personalities...

This documentary celebrates the work of illustrator Reynold Brown, whose colorful and compelling art graced over 300 movie posters during the 1950s...

Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage....

The personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of all time and the stories behind their campaigns.

Programming the Nation? takes an encompassing look at the history of subliminal messaging in America. According to many authorities, since the late...

An unemployed reporter, fired because of his drinking, takes a job at an advertising agency. Drama.

Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful...