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In HBO's imported Australian hit "Summer Heights High," comedian Chris Lilley tackles high school in all of its absurd, disturbing glory.
By Heather Havrilesky
November 7, 2008
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The HBO host and comedian talks about "Religulous," his onslaught against the religious idiocy that threatens to deliver America to Sarah Palin and her fellow "space god" worshipers.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 2, 2008
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Veteran "Curb Your Enthusiasm" director Bob Weide talks about bringing his prickly brand of humor to the big screen with "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People."
By Adam Baer
October 1, 2008
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Alan Ball explains that the undead in his new HBO series don't just embody our deepest sexual yearnings -- they represent both gays and the Bush administration.
By Joy Press
September 3, 2008
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Mad respect to the disrespectful, from gold medalist Usain Bolt to the authority-questioning Marines of "Generation Kill" to the thoughtful artists on HBO's "The Black List."
By Heather Havrilesky
August 24, 2008
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Hot-tempered vampires are running amok, from Alan Ball's new HBO drama "True Blood" to CBS's "Big Brother 10" to Bravo's "Flipping Out"!
By Heather Havrilesky
August 10, 2008
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From battlefield chaos to soldier-strength profanity, HBO's "Generation Kill" faithfully captures Marine Corps life during the invasion.
By Anna Badkhen
July 10, 2008
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Ricky Gervais, the comic whiz behind "The Office," aims his nervy, discomfiting humor at the stand-up stage and movie stardom.
By Mark Follman
July 8, 2008
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"The Wire" co-creator Ed Burns expresses his admiration for the 1st Recon Marines depicted in his and David Simon's upcoming HBO miniseries, "Generation Kill."
By Heather Havrilesky
July 7, 2008
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From the overly decorous Gore team to the bought-and-paid-for Supreme Court, HBO's enraging docudrama shows the Florida recount like it was.
By Gary Kamiya
May 23, 2008
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Hope takes a holiday! A&E remakes "The Andromeda Strain" while the HBO movie "Recount" revisits the unbearable lightness of hanging chads.
By Heather Havrilesky
May 18, 2008
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What you need to see, read, do this week: A lavish gay TV wedding, a moving movie memoir, the sound of schoolyard heartbreak.
May 10, 2008
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Sure, there are lots of sweaty, speech-spouting men in powdered
wigs, but HBO's "John Adams" presents a surprisingly gritty
portrait of our nation's second president.
By Heather Havrilesky
March 13, 2008
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Julianna Margulies swaggers as a
devil-may-care lawyer on Fox's "Canterbury's Law," while Gabriel Byrne slowly unravels on HBO's "In Treatment."
By Heather Havrilesky
March 9, 2008
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Preparing for his 14th HBO comedy special, George Carlin waxes philosophic on the freedom that comes from not giving a #%&@.
By Heather Havrilesky
February 28, 2008
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Susan Sarandon dishes about playing feisty heiress Doris Duke on HBO, Ralph Fiennes' "matinee idol" looks and her old gay boyfriends.
By Heather Havrilesky
February 7, 2008
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Salon's guide to what to watch on Tuesday: The miniseries "Five Days" squeezes ready-made melodrama for all its worth.
October 2, 2007
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Talk-show host smacks down lactivists. Babies go hungry, cry.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
September 18, 2007
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HBO's "Tell Me You Love Me" dishes up whiny, unhappy people not holding hands. Plus: Why nobody (but VH1) loves Chachi.
By Heather Havrilesky
September 2, 2007
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Salon's guide to what to watch on Tuesday: Kenneth Branagh's "As You Like It" bows on HBO.
August 21, 2007
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When the infinite TV universe feels cold and unkind, "Weeds" and "Flight of the Conchords" remind you it's a small world after all. Plus: "The Company" treads over well-trodden ground.
By Heather Havrilesky
August 12, 2007
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The filmmaker behind "White Light Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" shares the survivors' stories he explores in his devastating documentary. An interview and podcast.
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 6, 2007
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Why should you care about pirates or polygamists? Because TV's subcultural anthropologists want you to care!
By Heather Havrilesky
July 1, 2007
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The New Zealand duo behind a hilarious new HBO show get serious about comedy in this interview and podcast.
By Thomas Rogers
June 15, 2007
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A bunch of wives in Michigan take a hint from HBO's "Big Love" and adopt some polygamous lingo.
By Carol Lloyd
June 12, 2007
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