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Matthew Specktor on Hollywood’s ‘fascist turn’ toward blockbusters: ‘It erodes the soul of the city’

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On the Shelf The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood By Matthew SpecktorEcco: 384 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. Matthew Specktor is aware that his third book about Los Angeles is landing during a fraught … Read more

Son of an agent, he became a film exec. But the movies weren’t the same

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Book Review The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood By Matthew SpecktorEcco: 384 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. The logline for Matthew Specktor’s memoir, “The Golden Hour,” could easily imply a Hollywood tell-all. Specktor is … Read more