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Recap: 'Girls' Goes To The Country With Jessa & Hannah
After the solo Hannah episode two weeks back and last Sunday's focus on Ray and Adam, once again "Girls" is allowing its focus to flesh out a particular character, with Jessa (Jemima Kirke) getting the spotlight. The episode kicks off with her and Hannah (Lena Dunham) at the Manitou train station, a...
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'Girls' Recap 7: In 'Video Games,' Ben Mendelsohn Guest Stars as Jessa's Flaky Father
In Season One’s “The Return,” we see Hannah and her parents in their natural Horvath habitat, Michigan. In Season Two’s “It’s About Time,” we’re offered a brief glimpse of Jersey girl incognito Marnie’s passive-aggressive relationship with her mother. In this week’s episode, “Video Games,” we’re int...
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'Girls' Offers the Male Side of Its Cast a Moment in the Forefront
The article below contains spoilers for "Boys," the February 17th, 2013 episode of "Girls."
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Recap: Staten Island Is Really Getting Ray & Adam Down In 'Girls'
If last week's episode of "Girls" is still being talked about as an outstanding outlier in the series thus far, an almost self-contained, Euro-flavored short film, this week the show returns to more familiar territor but still retains a melancholic air. Once again pitching focus, as the title sugge...
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'Girls' Recap 6: The 'Boys' Aren't in Kansas Anymore, Toto
One of the things I’ve admired about this season of “Girls” is that it has no obligation to regularly check in with each of the four “leads” of the show. Instead, certain characters are more central in certain episodes, in an organic way, while supporting characters are given a surprising amount of ...
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For Beyoncé, By Beyoncé: The Pop Star Offers an Extremely Guarded Self-Portrait in HBO Doc 'Life Is But a Dream'
For Beyoncé, directed by Beyoncé, the documentary "Life Is But a Dream," which makes its premiere tonight, February 16th at 9pm on HBO, is the film equivalent of a selfie. A selfie, as you're surely aware, is a photo you take of yourself. Gone are the dark days of wa...
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Berlin Review: Jane Campion's 'Top Of The Lake' A Satisfying & Cinematic Crime "Novel" In The Shape Of A TV Show
Taking the concept of binge-watching to a whole new theatrical level, we were lucky enough to spend most of our Sunday at the Berlin Film Festival in a large auditorium consuming Jane Campion’s six-hour “Top of the Lake” TV series, which will air in seven episodes on The Sundance Channel starting Ma...
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Patrick Wilson Guest Stars in One of the Weakest Episodes of 'Girls'
The article below contains spoilers for "One Man's Trash," the February 10th, 2013 episode of "Girls."
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Recap: Hannah Tastes The Good Life In Melancholy, Boundary-Pushing 'Girls'
After rolling out of the gate for season two with solid, but not especially top-tier episodes, last week "Girls" finally stepped up and delivered the best effort of the season thus far. Incorporating the entire cast equally, it was both funny and moving, an emotionally real installment that pushed f...
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‘Girls’ Recap 5: ‘One Man’s Trash’ a Two-Hander for Dunham and Guest Star Patrick Wilson
In “One Man’s Trash,” Joshua (Patrick Wilson), a handsome, disgruntled neighborhood man, confronts Grumpy’s manager Ray about trash from the café that’s being foisted into his personal garbage bins. Hannah follows Joshua back to his gorgeous Willamsburg brownston...
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