The Crews Behind the Camera Weigh Leaving the City That Made Them
As production chases richer incentives to Georgia, New Mexico and beyond, Hollywood's grips, gaffers and set decorators are doing math they never expected to do.
The Industry
Studios, stages and the people who keep them running.
Stunt Veterans Renew the Push for Recognition of Their Craft
Veteran stunt performers, gathered at a training gym off Santa Monica Boulevard, are pressing again for formal credit and an award for their craft.
The Last Soundstage on the Block Seeks Landmark Status
Stage 7 has held pirate ships, spaceships and a full-scale ocean liner. Preservationists now want it held onto — permanently.
A Celebrity-Free Table Read Packs a Small Theater for the Food Bank
No stars, no red carpet, no announced title until the actors sit down. The annual benefit reading has quietly become one of the neighborhood pantry's biggest nights.
A Century of Props Goes Under the Hammer
Ardmore Property & Scenic, a prop house open since 1921, sold off a century of its inventory over three days before closing for good.
The Revival Houses Are Full, and the Projectionists Are Booked Solid
Attendance at Hollywood's repertory cinemas keeps climbing, and the small guild of people who can still thread a film projector has become the industry's unlikeliest bottleneck.
A 1940s Screening Room Runs Film Again
Restorers and retired projectionists spent a year returning a 1940s studio screening room to working 35-millimeter order.
A Mid-Size Animation House Signs a Long Hollywood Lease, Against the Current
As production chases incentives out of state, a growing animation studio has committed to a decade in a Hollywood building — a bet its founders say the work itself makes possible.
A Race Against the Last Nitrate Reels, One Frame at a Time
Inside a climate-controlled vault, a small crew is copying a film archive's final reels of nitrate stock before the volatile old film decays past saving.
A Century-Old Costume House Gives Away Its Archive: 40,000 Pieces
Meridian Costume Company, founded in 1921, is donating its entire collection to a regional film archive rather than sell it off by the rack.
