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Tag: HBO

The Tale of Doing Everything Wrong to Make Something Right

Film
By Jennifer Fox | November 19, 2018
By Jennifer Fox | November 19, 2018

The Tale of Doing Everything Wrong to Make Something Right

Documentarian Jennifer Fox on the unconventional way she approached her first fiction film, the Gotham- and Spirit Award-nominated The Tale.

My War Stories of Making Generation Kill – and Why the Show is Relevant All Over Again

Film
By Sean Brosnan | April 7, 2017
By Sean Brosnan | April 7, 2017

My War Stories of Making Generation Kill – and Why the Show is Relevant All Over Again

Sean Brosnan shares his vivid experiences making the Iraq War miniseries, and makes a case for HBO putting it back on our screens.

Protesting HBO’s Mogadishu, Minnesota and Why Filmmakers Must Not Take Ownership of Others’ Stories

Film
By Musa Syeed | October 21, 2016
By Musa Syeed | October 21, 2016

Protesting HBO’s Mogadishu, Minnesota and Why Filmmakers Must Not Take Ownership of Others’ Stories

Musa Syeed on the cable giant's new show now shooting in Cedar-Riverside, and his own film, A Stray, which he made about the same community.

Why The Larry Sanders Show is the Greatest Comedy TV Series Ever

Film
By Daniel Schechter | October 11, 2016
By Daniel Schechter | October 11, 2016

Why The Larry Sanders Show is the Greatest Comedy TV Series Ever

Daniel Schechter on the late Garry Shandling's innovative, iconoclastic sitcom and its special place in television history.

Expiring Soon: Behind the Candelabra, and My Love Affair with Liberace and Las Vegas

Film
By Zach Clark | May 16, 2016
By Zach Clark | May 16, 2016

Expiring Soon: Behind the Candelabra, and My Love Affair with Liberace and Las Vegas

On Liberace's birthday, Zach Clark writes about Soderbergh's biopic of the flamboyant entertainer, which is about to leave Amazon Prime.

Across the Aisle: Before Trump or Cruz, There Was The Second Civil War

Film
By Jim Hemphill | April 7, 2016
By Jim Hemphill | April 7, 2016

Across the Aisle: Before Trump or Cruz, There Was The Second Civil War

Jim Hemphill looks at how Joe Dante’s unnervingly prescient absurdist satire anticipated the current political climate in the U.S.

William Dickerson (Detour) Talks Paul Haggis and David Simon’s Show Me A Hero

Film
By William Dickerson | September 4, 2015
By William Dickerson | September 4, 2015

William Dickerson (Detour) Talks Paul Haggis and David Simon’s Show Me A Hero

A Yonkers-raised filmmaker steps back to look at the miniseries about the housing controversy in which his own father was involved.

Buzz Osborne (the Melvins) Talks the HBO Documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

Music
By Buzz Osborne | June 6, 2015
By Buzz Osborne | June 6, 2015

Buzz Osborne (the Melvins) Talks the HBO Documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

Buzz Osborne knew Kurt Cobain since before the beginning and until the very end. And he says most of Montage of Heck just isn't true.

Daniel Schechter (Life of Crime) Talks David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ Game of Thrones

Film
By Daniel Schechter | May 15, 2015
By Daniel Schechter | May 15, 2015

Daniel Schechter (Life of Crime) Talks David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ Game of Thrones

A filmmaker travels to the Seven Kingdoms to assess the first half of Season 5 of HBO's epic series as it diverges from George R. R. Martin's books.

Azazel Jacobs (Doll & Em) Talks Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men

Film
By Azazel Jacobs | June 6, 2014
By Azazel Jacobs | June 6, 2014

Azazel Jacobs (Doll & Em) Talks Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men

Like Jim Jarmusch’s perfect Dead Man, which tells the whole story in its title, Mad Men gives it away in its title sequence...

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