Monsters of the Week - The Complete Critical Companion to the X-files

The complete critical companion to The X-Files
In Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files,TV critics Zack Handlen and Todd VanDerWerff look back at exactly whatmade the long-running cult series so groundbreaking. Packed withinsightful reviews of every episode-including the tenth and eleventhseasons and both major motion pictures-Monsters of the Weekleaves no mystery unsolved and no monster unexplained. This crucialcollection includes a foreword by series creator Chris Carter as well asexclusive interviews with some of show's stars and screenwriters,including Carter, Vince Gilligan, Mitch Pileggi, James Wong, RobertPatrick, Darin Morgan, and more. Monsters of the Week is the definitive guide to The X-Files-whether you're a lifelong viewer or a new fan uncovering the conspiracy for the first time.

About the author

Zack Handlen is a freelance writer whose work regularly appears online at The A.V. Club. He has also written for io9, Inverse, and the Toast and is the author of If You Like Monty Python . . . (Limelight, 2011). He lives in Portland, Maine.

Summary

The complete critical companion to The X-Files

In Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files,
TV critics Zack Handlen and Todd VanDerWerff look back at exactly what
made the long-running cult series so groundbreaking. Packed with
insightful reviews of every episode—including the tenth and eleventh
seasons and both major motion pictures—Monsters of the Week
leaves no mystery unsolved and no monster unexplained. This crucial
collection includes a foreword by series creator Chris Carter as well as
exclusive interviews with some of show’s stars and screenwriters,
including Carter, Vince Gilligan, Mitch Pileggi, James Wong, Robert
Patrick, Darin Morgan, and more. Monsters of the Week is the definitive guide to The X-Files—whether you’re a lifelong viewer or a new fan uncovering the conspiracy for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: Zack Handlen, Zack/ Vanderwerff Handlen, Emily Todd Vanderwerff, Todd VanDerWerff
• Assisted by: Patrick Leger (Illustration), Chris Carter (Foreword)
• Publisher: Abrams harry n /seulement usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781419738036
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-3803-6
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; TV, Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), Fernsehen, TV, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Fernsehen - Privatfernsehen, Film / Kritik, Rezeption, Englische Bücher / Film, Kino, Fernsehen, Fernsehserie (Bücher zu Fernsehserien), PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Guides & Reviews