Film & TV

“This is true crime lit at its most grimly compelling.” 

Buffalo News

 “Reading Lim’s book feels like a visit to the Lynchian world—full of dreamy grey space. It’s transportive. It’s thorough. It’s work—but it’s worth it.” 

Refinery29 

“Hip… frank… a rich portrayal of an unconventional, free-wheeling thinker whose checkered experiences shock and beguile on the page.” 

Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

If you've ever had nightmares about Freddy Krueger or psychopaths wearing Halloween scream masks, this is one book you simply have to read. 

“With helpful books like this one, readers may be more alert to the persistent absurdities of modern life and to the bracing anarchy preached by Monty Python.” 

The Washington Post 

An all-new guide to 50 years of groundbreaking films from America's most influential alternative newspaper.

"This compulsively readable book perfectly captures the pop culture zeitgeist."

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"I can count on one hand the independent animators out there who have achieved the level of success Billy Plympton has without compromising their artistic vision in the slightest. No, wait. Make that one finger."

Peter de Seve, New Yorker cover artist

 Called "mischievous, mordant, analytical, and ceaselessly imaginative" by the New York Times, Plympton is widely regarded as the hardest-working, most prolific animator in the business.

"Surprisingly fluid and graceful; Carradine is a stylish and witty writer... Like Tarrantino, Carradine has always had a reputation for being enigmatic, but here he comes off both humble and remarkably multifaceted. Give this one a chance; it will surprise you."

Booklist

Written by an industry insider, this text reveals the nuts and bolts of making videos.

  Offering an insider's view into the artistic development of Cars, this gorgeously illustrated book celebrates the whimsical yet painstaking research that fueled Pixar's directors, production designers, and artists.  

  She was a mother and an Oscar-winning actress all by the time she was only thirty years old.