Sam Wasson
L.A.-based writer Sam Wasson is the author of several acclaimed works of nonfiction, including Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman; Fosse; The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood; and most recently The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story.
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The Black Hole at the Center
Jean Stein, who wrote the searing oral history West of Eden, listened to others while evading herself.
Sep 22, 2025
‘There Was No Second Password’
The enduring, maddening mystery of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut.
Dec 8, 2023
Hollywood’s Ultimate Concern
A film historian’s inquiry into what happened to an American art form and community.
Dec 9, 2022
The Man That Got Away
Jim Bailey spent his career impersonating Judy Garland, leaving a biographer to ponder: Where did that leave him?
Jan 4, 2022