Julio Torres discusses ‘Fantasmas’ and the absurdity behind his art
On New Year’s Eve 2020, comedian and actor Julio Torres decided to splurge on himself. He headed to Mociun, a jewelry store in the Williamsburg…
HBO’s ‘Ren Faire’: Rewarding doc about small-town power struggle
I haven’t been to a Renaissance faire since — well, not quite since the Renaissance, but a really long time. I know from the billboards,…
The 2024 Emmys BuzzMeter offers insights into key races
The daylight hours are getting longer — which might mean you’d rather not spend all your free time catching up on the best TV you’ve…
‘The Jinx Part Two’ finale: How Robert Durst’s family enabled him
NEW YORK — Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki has spent much of the last 20 years thinking about Robert Durst, the notorious real estate heir who was suspected…
‘Fallout,’ ‘Girls5eva’ and more to stream this weekend
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who needs some ideas to help freshen up their queue. With weekend after weekend after weekend of…
‘The Synanon Fix’ shows how a rehab group became a cult
In the late 1950s, Charles “Chuck” Dederich started a drug rehabilitation program out of a storefront in Santa Monica. A recovering alcoholic who’d gotten sober…
How the Vietnamese community is reacting to HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’
Never before has a television series garnered so much excitement, attention and concern among California’s expatriate Vietnamese community, the world’s largest, as “The Sympathizer.” HBO’s…
‘The Sympathizer’ review: A moving story about friendship
What is more psychically exhausting, in fiction and I suppose in life, than the story of the double agent, the mole, the traitor embedded among…
‘The Sympathizer’ creators on depicting war through a Vietnamese lens
When Park Chan-wook read “The Sympathizer” for the first time, maybe six or seven years ago, he felt like he was watching fireworks explode in…
Why HBO should save ‘Tokyo Vice’ from the chopping block
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone hankering for the next great HBO drama. It may already have come and gone: With Thursday’s finale,…
Who was Dan ‘Lionheart’ Wheldon and what was his cause of death?
HBO is set to premiere its latest documentary entitled The Lionheart on 12 March 2024. Here, we take a closer look at the main subject…
‘Regime’ review: Flirts with satire but lacks political bite
“Regime,” premiering Sunday on HBO, is a well-made, beautifully designed, marvelously acted mess of a series. Created by Will Tracy, a writer for “Last Week…
Finn Bennett on Peter Prior’s shocking scene in ‘True Detective: Night Country’
This article contains spoilers for Episode 5 of HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country.” Episode 5 of “True Detective: Night Country” ended not with a whimper,…
HBO drops pro-Kremlin actor from White Lotus after uproar – POLITICO
“HBO, is it all right for you to work with a person who supports genocide & violates international law?” Ukraine’s foreign ministry asked in a…
Ukraine disses HBO for hiring pro-Putin Serb to star in The White Lotus – POLITICO
“HBO, is it all right for you to work with a person who supports genocide & violates international law?” was the ministry’s incredulous query. Earlier…