This companion to the New York Times bestselling book The Wes Anderson Collection takes readers behind the scenes of the Oscar(R)-winning film The Grand Budapest Hotel with a series of interviews between writer/director Wes Anderson and movie/television critic Matt Zoller Seitz.

Learn all about the film's conception, hear personal anecdotes from the set, and explore the wide variety of sources that inspired the screenplay and imagery--from author Stefan Zweig to filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch to photochrom landscapes of turn-of-the-century Middle Europe. Also inside are...

Now available in paperback, Mad Men Carousel collects Matt Zoller Seitz's celebrated critical essays on AMC's multi-award-winning period drama Mad Men, covering all 92 episodes and 7 seasons. Diving deep into the show's themes, performances, and filmmaking, Seitz offers insightful analysis while also detailing the locations, historical events, products, and scientific advancements of the 1960s and early '70s that help to contextualize the plot and character motivations for each episode. Fans old and new will cherish this comprehensive companion to one of the most-acclaimed...