Our Girls Coverage

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  Thompson on Hollywood 

  'Girls' Recap 8: OCD and AA in an Episode That's All Over the Place

  “It’s Back” works hard to juggle four different storylines. Two are successful, and two are cringe-inducingly out of left field.

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  Caryn James 

  'Zero Dark Thirty' Parodies: With Lena Dunham and As A Rom-Com

  Who knows if these parodies might have helped Zero Dark Thirty in the Oscar race? (Could they have hurt more than the controversy about torture?) Laughing about the subject probably wasn’t in anybody's awards strategy, but these two very funny videos reveal how firmly the film has pervaded the cu...

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  The Playlist 

  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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  Thompson on Hollywood 

  '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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  Indiewire 

  Interview: Alex Karpovsky On His Two New Films, 'Rubberneck and 'Red Flag, and the Directorial Genius of Lena Dunham

  Best known as Ray, cynical comedic foil and deflowerer of Zosia Mamet’s Shoshanna on the HBO series “Girls,” Alex Karpovsky is also the writer and director of four feature films and a documentary, whether you knew it or not. On February 19th, Karpovsky the budding auteur will finally get some more w...

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