Movies (and Other Things)
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| Author | Shea Serrano |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Arturo Torres |
| Series | "And Other Things" |
Release number | 2 |
| Subject | Movies |
| Genre | Illustrated essays |
| Publisher | Twelve |
Publication date | 2019 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 256 |
Movies (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated, written by Shea Serrano and illustrated by Arturo Torres, was published in October 2019.[1][2] It became the duo's third consecutive number-one bestseller on The New York Times Best Seller list.[3][4]
Publication history
[edit]Movies (and Other Things) is Shea Serrano and Arturo Torres's third book together. It was published by Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central at Hachette.
Content
[edit]The 256-page book has 30 chapters on different movies. Each is illustrated by Torres and each poses a question to be answered in the essay.
Actor John Leguizamo contributed a preface and Don Cheadle wrote an afterword.[5]
Reception
[edit]In the Los Angeles Times, Jen Yamato wrote, "Each essay turns the pop culture whiz's voracious appetite for movies of the last several decades into jumping-off points for wider cultural conversations and curiosities."[6] In Esquire, Jack Holmes called it "a charming examination of industry tropes and his personal hobby-horses across all the movies he's watched—sometimes many times—since the '80s."[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Rodrigues, Ashwin (October 23, 2019). "Shea Serrano on 'Movies (and Other Things)' and Why He Isn't Fully Sold on Showbiz". Fortune. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ Dansby, Andrew (2019-10-03). "San Antonio author Shea Serrano's \". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ Holpuch, Amanda (2019-10-12). "Were the Jurassic Park raptors just misunderstood? Shea Serrano answers the questions that count". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ^ "Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous Books – Best Sellers – Books – Oct. 27, 2019". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ^ Floyd, Thomas (October 10, 2019). "Shea Serrano was as shocked as anyone when Obama endorsed 'Basketball (And Other Things)'". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ Yamato, Jen (2019-10-23). "Q&A: Shea Serrano ponders life and more in 'Movies (and Other Things)'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ^ Holmes, Jack (2019-10-08). "Shea Serrano Is One of the Last Writers Having Fun on the Internet. He Told Us How". Esquire. Retrieved 2020-12-26.