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Battlestar Fantasy

Matthew Shear’s path to directing his first feature, Fantasy Life, through the lens of his favorite TV show, Battlestar Galactica.

March 25, 2026

The Redemptive Genius of Jackass

The Republic of Sarah creator Jeffrey Paul King on the show he always turns to for inspiration in times of difficulty and doubt.

July 21, 2021

Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Steven Soderbergh’s The Knick

An appreciation of the best show on television as Soderbergh's stewardship on it sadly comes to an end.

January 6, 2016

Jim Strouse (People, Places, Things) Talks Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang’s Master of None

The latest binge-watching sensation is great television exactly because it doesn't conform to the medium's conventions.

December 9, 2015

Daniel Schechter (Life of Crime) Talks David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ Game of Thrones

A filmmaker travels to the Seven Kingdoms to assess the first half of Season 5 of HBO's epic series as it diverges from George R. R. Martin's books.

May 15, 2015

Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Ray McKinnon’s Rectify

A piece of storytelling in the great Southern tradition, actor-writer McKinnon's show brilliantly captures the rhythms of life.

September 9, 2014

Novelist Kyra Davis on True Blood’s Lascivious Legacy

As HBO's sexy, silly supernatural show prepares to air its final episode, erotic novelist Davis examines its irresistible appeal.

August 23, 2014

Anna Martemucci (Hollidaysburg) Talks Noah Hawley’s Fargo

When I was six years old and living in Fargo, North Dakota, my dad’s colleague Donna, (a beautiful Vietnamese woman...

July 10, 2014