Pardon us from revisiting a series that we’ve covered before. But Matt Stevens keeps cranking out amazing titles on his ever-growing series Good Movies as Old Books.

The clever and timeless collection can continue as long as Stevens decides to dedicate him to the art of creating realistic, worn-out book covers.

The creativity and artistry of encapsulating a film’s idea into a simple book cover is demanding, yet Stevens does this with ease.

In this latest collection, we see movies like Big, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Interstellar, as if they were found on a dusty shelf in a used book shop.

The bent pages, worn out price tags, and vintage fonts are all on point.

Luckily, high-quality prints of each of his reimagined books are available for sale, and would make an amazing gift. There’s also a beautiful hardcover book that showcases the entire collection.

Images © Copyright Matt Stevens. Used with artist’s permission.

The bent pages, scratched covers, worn out price tags, and vintage fonts are all on point.

Stevens’ collection has grown to over 100 movie titles.

A hardcover book showcases all 100 titles from this amazingly creative series.

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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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