Hollywood glitters on the surface, but underneath the red carpets lies a constant battle between art and business. Matthew Specktor knows this better than most. Raised in a family where Marlon Brando left messages on the answering machine and CAA power brokers came to dinner, he grew up inside the machine that shaped modern film.
In The Golden Hour, Specktor weaves memoir with cultural history, tracing how the entertainment industry evolved from a playground for visionaries into a corporate juggernaut. His story blends family drama, insider anecdotes, and sharp analysis of the stars, executives, and dreamers who defined an era.
With candid insight, he exposes both the brilliance and the compromises that built Hollywood.
Is the golden age of storytelling already behind us?
