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I Like to Watch
Finale night! "Rome," "The L Word" and "Battlestar Galactica" end their seasons with strange twists, bad jokes and misplaced protest songs.
By Heather Havrilesky Mar 26, 2007
Carrying the message
HBO's Addiction Project tackles misconceptions, offers harrowing, intimate stories, and highlights new treatments in an effort to update common views of addiction.
By Heather Havrilesky Mar 15, 2007
"We listened as his soul cracked"
In HBO's "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" the "bad apples" express remorse, but claim that they were scapegoats.
By Heather Havrilesky Feb 22, 2007
"This Just In"
New takes on "American Idol," George W. Bush, Anna Nicole, and "Meet the Press."
By David Puner Feb 21, 2007
Real talk with Bill Maher
The talk show host sizes up Hillary and Obama, and explains why he's so over McCain.
By Joan Walsh Feb 16, 2007
There's no place like Rome
HBO's "Rome" teeters between barbarity and civility in the wake of Caesar's death, but its focus feels too narrow for such an epic tale.
By Heather Havrilesky Jan 12, 2007
"The (freaking) Sopranos"
Will Tony and gang translate on basic cable?
By David Puner Jan 10, 2007
"Hacking Democracy"
On Tuesday, 40 percent of voters will cast ballots on electronic touch-screens. If you're not worried already about the dangers of paperless voting, this HBO documentary will blow your mind.
By Farhad Manjoo Nov 2, 2006
Overcooked
With a big HBO deal, astronomical album sales and countless fans, Dane Cook may be the hottest comedian in years. So where is the laughter?
By Heather Havrilesky Sep 3, 2006
N.O. better blues
Watching Spike Lee's four-hour epic on Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans Arena with my neighbors, I felt awed, exhausted and heartbroken -- and more convinced than ever that somebody should go to jail for what happened here.
By Cynthia Joyce Aug 20, 2006
Cruel to be kind
The animal rights activist who goes undercover in the startling HBO doc "Dealing Dogs" speaks candidly about his willingness to abuse some animals to save the lives of others.
By Andrew Adam Newman Feb 21, 2006
Dialing it down
HBO's documentary "Left of the Dial" chronicles the blunders, bounced checks, insults and lies behind Air America Radio's troubled launch a year ago today.
By Heather Havrilesky Mar 31, 2005
I Like to Watch
From "Supernanny" to "Carnivale" to "Wickedly Perfect" to the new detective show "Numbers," Good tries to kick Evil's ass with naughty stools, roasted lamb and really tough math equations.
By Heather Havrilesky Jan 17, 2005
The mystery behind Inspector Clouseau
Geoffrey Rush brilliantly embodies the grandiose visions and callous self-involvement of a comic genius in HBO's "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers."
By Heather Havrilesky Dec 3, 2004
A time to mourn
HBO's "Last Letters Home" delivers the emotional costs of the war, and it's almost too painful to watch. Watch it anyway.
By Heather Havrilesky Nov 11, 2004
A harrowing, inspiring "Boy's Life"
Filmmaker Rory Kennedy talks about the passion for social justice she shares with the father she never knew, and changing the world with her camera, one story at a time.
By Rebecca Traister Mar 24, 2004
Is "The Sopranos" a chick show?
Why an ultraviolent drama about a New Jersey mafioso paints a more nuanced portrait of women than anything you'll find on Lifetime.
By Rebecca Traister Mar 6, 2004
Bill Maher
In the American tradition of ridiculous compromise: Yes to gay marriage, no to gay mortgage! Or, thinking outside the box: Just let the hot chicks get married!
Mar 5, 2004
"The Sopranos" hits its darkest note
In the show's gripping new start, Tony, Carmela, Dr. Melfi and the gang, increasingly cut off from their illusions and their supposed loved ones, freefall through a hopeless world of divorce, betrayal, lust and rage.
By Heather Havrilesky Mar 5, 2004
Lose the twang, y'all
Enough with the Civil War complex: It's time for Southern Democrats to get enlightened about voting Bush out of office.
By Bill Maher Feb 7, 2004
Instant "K Street" cred
On the new Clooney-Soderbergh HBO series, Hollywood and Capitol Hill are in bed together, nervously prepping for their big love scene. Is this supposed to turn us on, or turn our stomachs?
By Heather Havrilesky Sep 15, 2003
DVDs are for losers
Good movies are like good sex -- and resale-happy Hollywood has long since gone frigid.
By Bill Maher Aug 28, 2003
Beyond good and evil in Baltimore
HBO's morally complex, richly textured series "The Wire" is not just the best thing on TV -- it's a Homeric epic of modern America.
By Heather Havrilesky Jul 12, 2003
One more round of cosmos, girls
For six years, they made expensive shoes, pretty cocktails and cheap sex look like basic essentials. Now it's last call for the women of "Sex and the City."
By Heather Havrilesky Jun 21, 2003
The skeletons and suits in Sharpton's closet
The controversial political leader and Democratic presidential candidate delivers a pointed warning: If you attack me, you risk being sued.
By Jake Tapper Jun 20, 2003
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