Featured Stories
Skateboarding on Hardscrabble
By Billy Shebar
Independent filmmaker Debra Granik ’85 earned rave reviews and Oscar nominations with “Winter’s Bone.” But don’t expect her to go mainstream anytime soon.
He’s Got the Look
By Susan Piland
Movie production-design guru Steve Saklad ’78 sketches, scouts, and scours secondhand shops to make Juno’s bedroom rad and Kermit’s office a totally believable pad.
Weimar on the Pacific
By Thomas Doherty
The film artists who fled Nazi Germany for sunny California infused American cinema with fresh energy and talent, and a healthy dose of dread.
The Big Break
By Eric Grode
Making it on Broadway demands a flexible road map — or, sometimes, an inspired exit strategy.
Hollywood Girlhood
By Kathy Lawrence
A look back at a larger-than-life childhood amid the denizens and domains of Tinseltown.
The Brandeis Questionnaire
With homage to Marcel Proust, producer/writer/director Marshall Herskovitz ’73 reveals his deepest feelings.