HBO’s new polygamy drama, Big Love, opens in a sunlit suburban bedroom, with a man and his wife quietly having sex. Then the husband dresses and leaves, dropping a $100 bill on the nightstand.
That captures the tone of Big Love—disturbing, but not quite disturbing in the signature HBO way. No one ever swears in Read More
“This whole mess that we’re all in, called being alive, is just a fascinating dilemma,” said Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO’s documentary division. “And how people work that out is, to me, extraordinarily interesting. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a kid with Tourette’s syndrome or a murderer or a hot porn star or a Read More
“This whole mess that we’re all in, called being alive, is just a fascinating dilemma,” said Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO’s documentary division. “And how people work that out is, to me, extraordinarily interesting. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a kid with Tourette’s syndrome or a murderer or a hot porn star or a Read More
If you like these acclaimed HBO programs, you might like these recent articles from The New York Times:
The Wire:
Police Chief Sees Drug Toll With Father’s Eyes, by James Dao and Gary Gately, August 24, 2005.
The Sopranos:
Gotti Family Blood Brother Is Witness for Government, by Julia Read More
I hate feet. I hate them in theory and in practice. Feet get the short end of the stick in the whole anatomy draw, and they probably deserve it. Apart from having to walk everywhere, they are beset by fungi (champignon in French), verrucas, warts, corns, bunions, calluses, hammertoes and ingrown nails with the sort Read More
Attention, all of you out there with Adjustment Problems, with Bad People Skills. Bring me your tired, your Poorly Adjusted, all you with Serious Attitude Problems and Persistent Authority Issues. You who don’t play well with others. I won’t say our time has come, but I’m sensing the signs of a culture shift. That’s my Read More
“The show we’re doing has no precedent in American television history,” declared Louis C.K., the 37-year-old standup comic.
He wasn’t joking. But he did add a caveat: “I can’t speak for British TV.”
In fact, Mr. C.K.’s HBO pilot is based squarely on precedent: It will be a half-hour situation comedy, complete with a Read More
On the evening of Wednesday, March 23, the members of the independent film world gathered to toast the New York premiere of Rebecca Miller’s The Ballad of Jack and Rose were positively giddy. Bob Berney had just parlayed the distribution arm of Newmarket Films into a new joint venture with HBO and New Line-creating a Read More
Wednesday 16th
Lam I am! We ran into Vogue editrix Anna Wintour at the CFDA Awards and asked what she’s excited about this summer. “Color and prints! It’s a very cheerful look that’s out right now. I love all the optimism,” she said. We pointed out she was head-to-toe black and white. “I haven’t Read More
“I’m very excited about this,” said David Cross, the 40-year-old comedian and TV actor. It was Sunday afternoon, May 14, and Mr. Cross was accompanying The Observer while we bought his new comedy album, It’s Not Funny , at Manhattan hipster mecca Other Music.
“Ask him what he thinks of the record,” he whispered.
