Hannah Strong – författare

An illustrated critical survey of Academy Award–winning writer and director Sofia Coppola’s career, covering everything from her groundbreaking music videos through her latest filmsIn the two decades since her first feature film was released, Sofia Coppola has created a tonally diverse, meticulously crafted, and unapologetically hyperfeminine aesthetic across a wide range of multimedia work. Her films explore untenable relationships and the euphoria and heartbreak these entail, and Coppola develops these themes deftly and with discernment across her movies and music videos. From The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette to Lost in Translation and The Beguiled, Coppola’s award-nominated filmography is also unique in how its consistent visual aesthetic is informed by and in conversation with contemporary fine art and photography.Sofia Coppola offers a rich and intimate look at the overarching stylistic and thematic components of Coppola's work. In addition to critical essays about Coppola's filmography, the book will include interviews with some of her closest collaborators, including musician Jean-Benoît Dunckel and costume designer Nancy Steiner, along with a foreword by Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher. It engages with her creative output while celebrating her talent as an imagemaker and storyteller. Along the way, readers meet again a cast of characters mired in the ennui of missed connections: loneliness, frustrated creativity, rebellious adolescence, and the double-edged knife of celebrity, all captured by the emotional, intimate power of the female gaze.

A richly visual retrospective of Yorgos Lanthimos’s career, covering everything from his early experimental Greek short films to his award winning features like The Lobster,The Favourite, and Poor ThingsIn the years since his early forays into Greek theatre, Yorgos Lanthimos has cultivated a distinct cinematic look—darkly surreal, emotionally incisive, and completely original. The Modern Prometheus is a richly detailed monograph that traces the director’s evolution from his experimental debut Kinetta to the Academy Award-winning Poor Things and beyond. Written by Hannah Strong and designed in collaboration with renowned film magazine Little White Lies, this volume brings Lanthimos’s murky cinematic vision into focus. Through a compelling blend of archival material, photography, and in-depth interviews with key collaborators, The Modern Prometheus offers an intimate look at the filmmaker’s creative process. The Modern Prometheus unpacks the distinctive visuals, offbeat humor, and visceral interrogations of the human body and soul that define Lanthimos’s work. With analytical precision and deep admiration, the book celebrates Lanthimos as a genre-defying director who continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary cinema.