Continuing my trend of sharing all things film-related, I’d like to direct your attention to Movies In Color, a new blog which takes the general palette of a film and associates it with a still. Graphic designer Roxy Radulescu does a really bang-up job, posting shots that are both compositionally engaging and flushed with color. A few of my favorites* are below.

* Of course, I had to feature The Life Aquatic and The Big Lebowski. You know how we roll at Holiday Matinee.

Jay Shell’s “Rap Quotes” project is great on so many levels. It’s an art installation popping up over an entire city, a quest to install rap lyrics across each neighborhood of the Big Apple. Basically, Jay attaches official-looking signs as an homage to lyrics that correlate with a spot.

To me, the best part is that it’s a participatory event. The artist interacts with the local environment, while the community gets a chance to talk, tag or tear down each quote. Continuous loop of discussion, centered around hip-hop and the community. I guess that’s what’s beautiful about hip-hop in general: it always about the community.

Below, a few snaps of the quotes and a video of Jay installing them. You can support the project by purchasing a t-shirt on Jay’s website.

Sometimes, walking around, surrounded by the city spectacle, I forget what a full night sky looks like. It takes a keen mind and a diligent eye to remember they’re up there. That, or frequenting somewhere much less light polluted. I guess that’s why I’m drawn to Thierry Cohen’s project, Darkened Cities. I really love his idea – by stripping light from cities he actually makes the sky shine. A vivid view into your normally obscured night: the buildings, hanging there, less brilliant, sit irrelevant against the large universe. It reminds me of how little we are. In a good way.

Check out a few of the Holiday Matinee skylines – sans lights – below. Then, check out the rest on his website.

Because what good are stars if you don’t even take the time to appreciate they’re up there?

Dove’s Real Beauty campaign is absolutely killer. It’s aimed at “art directors and graphic designers” who often distort the real beauty of women in favor of unrealistic airbrushing. Surprisingly, a little touch up here and there actually does a lot more damage than we’d think. Mass society distorting the image of self, one .psd at a time.

The brand’s already won a Grand Prix at Cannes back in ’07 for this campaign, but we think it still deserves attention. Lovely to see a big brand continually holding a mirror against itself – and not just for commercial purposes. Definitely worth 2 minutes of your time.

Love these posters from New York City digital artist Peter Stults. They’re what he calls “movie posters from an alternate universe”, pairing actors and actresses to pieces outside their time. Particularly wishing I could see this version of “The Big Lebowski” – where Zappa plays The Dude - but all of them look pretty sweet. Check out a few below, then head over to his Behance to indulge in the rest.

I’d like to introduce you to the coolest dad ever.

Long story short, this guy was playing old-school video games like Donkey Kong with his daughter when she asked him why she couldn’t “play as the girl and save the boy”. Not one to turn down this valid point, he took to late nights hacking the ROM, replacing Mario with Pauline. The result is a super awesome Super Mario game that’s redrawn Mario’s frames with Princess Pauline’s palettes and replaced the M at the top with a P. Now that’s what I call a one-up.

Toward a gender equal future…

This is so “original” you can practically consider it bizarre high art. SF-based creative Jimmy Chen took a few of David Lynch’s iconic hairstyles then married them to paintings like Monet’s “Water Lillies” and Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”. Pretty first-rate how close he gets. Check out the work below – called “The Grid” – then let us know what hairstyle mimics reality best. Oh. Wait. You’ve never tried to compare hair to art? You don’t say…

Hat tip to Design Boom for the find.