‘The Sopranos’ Creator on Hollywood “Going Back to Greed and Fear” and if Anti-Heroes Paved the Way for Trump: The Point Was It’s Not “Cool if You’re Corrupt”

‘The Sopranos’ Creator on Hollywood “Going Back to Greed and Fear” and if Anti-Heroes Paved the Way for Trump: The Point Was It’s Not “Cool if You’re Corrupt”

The Sopranos creator David Chase drew a huge crowd at the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic on Tuesday. A day after discussing with select reporters at KVIFF one thing he’d change about the enduring hit drama today and sharing insights into his new HBO limited series project, Project: MKUltra, based on John Lisle’s nonfiction book Project…

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‘The Man Will Burn’ Review: HBO’s Burning Man Docuseries Boasts Impressive Access, but Sticks Too Close to the Photogenic Surface

‘The Man Will Burn’ Review: HBO’s Burning Man Docuseries Boasts Impressive Access, but Sticks Too Close to the Photogenic Surface

Blessed with impressive multi-year access to the Burning Man Festival, its participants and bureaucracy, but undone by indecisiveness in its structure, themes and purpose, Jehane Noujaim and Vikram Gandhi’s The Man Will Burn is an engaging puzzlement.  Over its rushed and disjointed four-hour running time, the HBO docuseries offers some sense of the community that…

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John Oliver Likens the Current Condition of D.C. Reflecting Pool to Sex With the Grinch: “Green, Smelly”

John Oliver Likens the Current Condition of D.C. Reflecting Pool to Sex With the Grinch: “Green, Smelly”

John Oliver likened the current condition of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. to “sex with the Grinch” on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. “Another of Trump‘s pet projects continues to unravel,” the host said of the pool’s $15 million renovation, which hasn’t gone as planned. The upgrades included fixing leaks, adding a blue…

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Sam Levinson Defends That Major Death in ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Finale: “It Just Felt Like an Honest Ending”

Sam Levinson Defends That Major Death in ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Finale: “It Just Felt Like an Honest Ending”

[This story contains MAJOR spoilers from the season three finale of Euphoria, “In God We Trust.”] Sam Levinson is standing by his decision to have Rue (Zendaya) die in Sunday night’s Euphoria season three finale. In the post-show segment on HBO, Levinson, the show’s creator, says it felt like the right way for her character to conclude….

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‘Euphoria’ Star Darrell Britt-Gibson on That Surprise Death and Why His First Job on ‘The Wire’ Still Follows Him

‘Euphoria’ Star Darrell Britt-Gibson on That Surprise Death and Why His First Job on ‘The Wire’ Still Follows Him

[This story contains spoilers from the third episode of Euphoria season three.] The first time Darrell Britt-Gibson appeared on our screens, he killed a beloved character on one of the greatest TV shows ever: The Maryland native had joined The Wire in its fourth season as Darius “O-Dog” Hill, a member of the crew backing rising gang…

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