At that age, teammates play all the positions, and Martin, with a near-constant grin, was happy anywhere on the field, Mr. Calderon said.

WSJ: In Boston Neighborhood, Shock at Death of 8-Year-Old

Polanski used the dour north coast of Germany as a substitute for the Vineyard in winter, and the cinematographer Pawel Edelman turns the constant downpour and gloom into a beautiful, slate-colored curtain a subdued but enveloping field of lies and secrecy, impenetrable to the Ghost, who is lost among power players far too clever for him.

NEWYORKER: The Ghost Writer