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"Terror in Mumbai": Spreading fear

An HBO documentary shows how a horrifying spectacle was achieved with a few poorly trained men and some AK-47s

By Heather Havrilesky Nov 18, 2009

Aliens invade, disguised as Larry David!

Which intergalactic attack is more harrowing: ABC's "V" or HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm"?

By Heather Havrilesky October 31, 2009
Finale recap: "True Blood"

HBO's popular vampire dramedy ends in a glorious explosion of gore and goofiness

By Heather Havrilesky September 14, 2009
Are they "Hung"?

Male escorts on the truth -- and fiction -- behind the HBO show

By Tracy Clark-Flory August 8, 2009
Critics' Picks: Suicide boys

"Boy Interrupted" tells the story of an emotionally unstable kid whose parents loved him -- but it wasn't enough

By Heather Havrilesky August 3, 2009

The studs of summer TV

Fallen heroes forge new lives, from the well-endowed has-been of "Hung" to the angsty star of "The Philanthropist"

By Heather Havrilesky June 28, 2009
I Like to Watch

The polite vampires of HBO's "True Blood" rise from the dead for a second season of blood lust and moral ambiguity.

By Heather Havrilesky June 14, 2009
I Like to Watch

Soothing summer TV, coming right up! A handy guide to some televised offerings to sedate you as the mercury rises.

By Heather Havrilesky May 31, 2009
I Like to Watch

Would you rather lose your memory or your money? HBO's "The Alzheimer's Project" and Frontline's "The Madoff Affair" unearth your worst nightmares.

By Heather Havrilesky May 10, 2009
The crumbling beauty of "Grey Gardens"

The 1975 cult documentary inspires this new HBO film, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange as batty aristocrats living in eccentric squalor.

By Joy Press April 16, 2009
I Like to Watch

Mind games forever! HBO's drama series "In Treatment" returns with rich storytelling and brilliant performances, while Starz's "Head Case" resurrects Dr. Elizabeth Goode, self-involved therapist to the stars!

By Heather Havrilesky April 5, 2009
Gabriel Byrne feels your pain

The star of "In Treatment" talks about the role of a therapist, the challenge of being a good listener and why everyone needs a good chair.

By Sarah Hepola April 2, 2009
I Like to Watch

Watching the detectives: Some new sleuths make waves, from "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" to "The Unusuals." Plus: With "Life on Mars" canceled, will Sam get back to where he once belonged?

By Heather Havrilesky March 29, 2009
Finale wrap-up: "Big Love"

America's favorite polygamist drama ends its third season with a cosmic revelation, startling violence and an ultra-creepy kiss.

By Laura Miller March 23, 2009
I Like to Watch

HBO's comedy "Eastbound and Down" showcases the arrogant idiocy of a fallen baseball pro. Plus: Does Bravo make TV for idiots, or do idiots make great TV?

By Heather Havrilesky February 22, 2009
Watching Republicans grieve

Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi journeyed into the heart of the GOP for her new HBO documentary. She discusses what she found there: Denial, depression and a whole lot of anger.

By Mark Schone February 16, 2009
Would You Pay to Get Netflix Out of the “HBO Hole?”

By Chris Albrecht February 2, 2009
Ted Haggard in exile

An HBO documentary about the former pastor underscores the horrors of the evangelical Christian closet, just as new allegations about him emerge.

By Heather Havrilesky January 29, 2009
I Like to Watch

The scrappy rockers of HBO's "Flight of the Conchords" are back, while A&E also tries its hand at comedy with Patrick Swayze in "The Beast."

By Heather Havrilesky January 25, 2009
Polygamy gets ugly

In its third season, "Big Love" abandons its sugarcoated take on plural marriage for a far darker picture.

By Heather Havrilesky January 14, 2009
The year the small screen fell flat

Lackluster pilots, slumping sophomore shows and the devolution of the serial drama. The golden age of TV suddenly looked tarnished in 2008.

By Heather Havrilesky December 28, 2008
Who wants to visit Saddam's house?

The Iraqi president does his best Darth Vader imitation in HBO's miniseries "House of Saddam."

By Heather Havrilesky December 5, 2008
Finale wrap-up: "True Blood"

The first season of HBO's "True Blood" ends with fried vampires, Bible thumpers and -- of course! -- even more unsolved mysteries.

By Heather Havrilesky November 24, 2008
The HBO "It Boy"

This Swedish actor has a whiff of arrogance, as if he thinks he's superior to the rest of us. Maybe he is.

November 20, 2008
High on high school

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