DO NOT DETONATE Without Presidential Approval

A collection of mid-century Americana (and beyond), beginning on the New York stage, and moving south and west towards the small desert town of Asteroid City

New work and vintage articles by Hilton Als, Bob Balaban, Durga Chew-Bose, K. Austin Collins, Molly Haskell, Kent Jones, Lillian Ross, Sam Shepard, Gina Telaroli, and more.

Images from Roy Schatt, Stanley Kubrick and never-before-published photographs by Brigitte Lacombe.

Pushkin has a new book in connection with Wes Anderson's film Asteroid City which opens this summer (from June).
DO NOT DETONATE without Presidential Approval is a companion book to the film, a collection of specially commissioned pieces about films by writers including Hilton Als and Luc Sante, along with classic pieces from Sam Shepard, Francois Truffaut, Elia Kazan and others.
The film will star Margot Robbie, Bryan Cranston, Tom Hanks, Scarlet Johannson, Steve Carrell, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum and many others