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Film critic Adam Nayman carefully sifts through the Coen universe in an effort to plot, as he puts it, "some Grand Unified Theory of Coen-ness." Featuring film stills, beautiful and evocative illustrations, punchy infographics, and hard insight, this book will be the definitive exploration of the Coen brothers' oeuvre.

This volume continues the exploration of the cinema produced in Australia and New Zealand since the beginning of the twentieth century. Accompanying the critical essays in this volume are more than one hundred and fifty new film reviews, complemented by film stills and significantly expanded references for further study.

Featuring Edith Wharton, Carl Sagan, Plato, Jack Black, Virginia Woolf, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Italo Calvino, etc

Spanning from obscurity to notoriety, the films of director, screenwriter, actor and comic Elaine May have recently seen a long-overdue renaissance. This collection focuses on the films she has directed and emphasises her work with other high-profile collaborators such as John Cassavetes, Warren Beatty and Otto Preminger.

A revised and updated guide to the essentials of a writer's craft, presented by a brilliant practitioner of the art. Each chapter combines illustrative examples from the global canon with Le Guin's own witty commentary and an exercise that the writer can do solo or in a group.

When the first season of Stranger Things debuted on Netflix in the summer of 2016, the show struck a nerve with millions of viewers worldwide and received broad critical acclaim. The series has gone on to win six Emmy Awards, but its success was driven more than anything by word of mouth, resonating across generations. Viewers feel personal connections to the characters. Now fans can immerse themselves in the world-or worlds-of Hawkins, Indiana, like never before.