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Tag: HBO

Posted inSmall Screen

Expanding the universe of South Side

by Janaya Greene November 11, 2021November 11, 2021

It’s been over two years since South Side debuted on Comedy Central and made many Black Chicagoans from the city laugh in a way that felt personal. Amongst the many dramas centering the violence and real disadvantages many south-siders face on television, South Side screened with a refreshing perspective that many folks from the south […]

Posted inFilm

‘Pioneering is dangerous’

by Arionne Nettles September 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Housing and the haunting of segregation in Lovecraft Country

Posted inFilm

We love TV: I May Destroy You

by Rima Parikh and Brianna Wellen August 24, 2020August 18, 2021

Two television addicts chat about the HBO dramedy.

Posted inFilm

Betty will make you want to shred

by Cody Corrall May 6, 2020August 18, 2021

The new HBO series dives even deeper into the world of the Skate Kitchen collective.

Posted inFilm

Why are all our friends watching The Sopranos?

by Brianna Wellen and KT Hawbaker April 3, 2020August 18, 2021

Two millennial pop-culture enthusiasts talk about watching the iconic show for the very first time.

Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day 14

by Reader staff April 3, 2020August 18, 2021

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inMusic

Clay Frankel of Twin Peaks on a band that sounds like a wise cosmic organism

by Andrea Michelson August 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Clay Frankel of Twin Peaks, Pitch Perfect publicist Jacob Daneman, and Reader intern Andrea Michelson

Posted inArts & Culture

Pete Holmes on navigating pop culture post-Weinstein

by Steve Heisler January 17, 2018August 18, 2021

“I’m interested in the conversation about if we’re allowed to laugh at people who’ve made mistakes,” the creator and star of HBO’s Crashing says.

Posted inMusic

Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis on a thriving new progressive community in Hyde Park

by Luca Cimarusti September 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Ne-Hi guitarist Jason Balla, Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis, and Reader music listings wrangler Luca Cimarusti

Posted inBlogs

Removal of Confederate statues tidies up southern history—but it doesn’t touch the grease stains

by Michael Miner August 31, 2017August 18, 2021

Meanwhile the proposed HBO series Confederate is based on the premise that the south won the Civil War.

Posted inBlogs

Chris Kennedy: J.B. Pritzker does not ‘deserve’ to be governor, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the city removed 12 red-light cameras after a study showed they were not preventing crashes.

Posted inBlogs

After Sundance, the impact of the Chicago Media Project’s films continues

by Leah Pickett February 10, 2017August 18, 2021

After backing seven films at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, CMP focuses on the future.

Posted inBlogs

Issa Rae tries to find herself in the HBO comedy Insecure

by Brianna Wellen October 11, 2016August 18, 2021

The new series explores the personal and professional struggles of being a twentysomething black woman in Los Angeles.

Posted inBlogs

Steve Bogira is leaving the Reader

by Michael Miner September 23, 2016March 16, 2022

The long-form senior staff writer has been with the paper more than three decades.

Posted inArts & Culture

Five best bets for fall TV

by Brianna Wellen September 4, 2016August 18, 2021

The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, and more.

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