The HBO film "Game Change," airing tonight, does an impressive job of creating sympathy for Sarah Palin in its portrayal of the 2008 Republican presidential campaign. It presents her VP run as a slow-motion car crash that represents what's wrong with our electoral process. The question...
Read More »I started today watching the harrowing Academy Award winning documentary Saving Face directed by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. The film tells the story of women in Pakistan who have been disfigured and mutiliated by their loved ones just because they are women. The women tri...
Read More »Talking with the writer behind HBO's new film about Sarah Palin's vice presidential campaign.
Read More »Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on their Academy Award-winning short about acid attacks in Pakistan.
Read More »Even if you've tumbled hard for David Milch's horse racing drama "Luck," it's not hard to understand why despite the prestige of the cast and crew the ratings have been less than stellar.
Read More »Anyone remember the 2009 political-satire "In The Loop"? The film was a festival hit and featured a side-splitting performance from Peter Capaldi as political hot-shot Malcolm Tucker. That film was, in fact, a spin off original BBC show "The Thick Of It" -- both of which are...
Read More »Bring it on. Series premiere on April 22.
Read More »No more teases. This is the real albeit short trailer. It's Tiny Furniture but with HBO money.
Read More »"I heard Ricky Gervais quit Twitter recently because it only has 140 characters. Well that's 139 more characters than he's ever come up with," zings an insulted Johnny Depp in the second episode of "Life's Too Short." And while the gag is hilarious (as is Depp), there...
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