Sept. 9, 2014
An Updated ‘Live From New York’ Goes Inside the Last 12 Years of ‘SNL’ […] If the update of Live from New York from journalist James Andrew Miller and TV critic Tom Shales succeeds in one thing, it’s disproving the […]
July 3, 2014
In ‘Poking a Dead Frog’, Comedians’ Advice, Stories, and Neuroses Shine Nerding out on comedy just got a lot easier with Mike Sacks’ new Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers. In his […]
June 4, 2014
Breaking Down ‘Silicon Valley’s Flawed Characters and Promising Debut […]
Silicon Valley’s fourth episode, “Fiduciary Duties,” ends with Richard and Erlich as they leave Peter Gregory’s office, where they spy an old […]
Apr. 7, 2014
Diving Into the Cult of Dan Harmon in ‘Harmontown’ When introducing the documentary Harmontown at the South by Southwest Film Festival, director Neil Berkeley (Beauty is Embarrassing) described […]
Apr. 3, 2014
‘Silicon Valley’s Skewering of the Tech Industry Feels Spot-On A few weeks ago, South by Southwest offered an advance screening of the first two episodes of Mike Judge’s new sitcom, Silicon Valley. It was […]
Mar. 11, 2014
Highlights from Lena Dunham’s Keynote Address at SXSW Lena Dunham keynoted the South by Southwest Film Conference on Monday to a house packed with attendees, many of whom waited in line for over an […]
Mar. 20, 2013
‘Girls’ Season 2 Review: Things Get Dark Over the course of its second season, Girls has solidified itself into the most analyzed show on the internet, with each episode bringing up a […]
Jan. 11, 2013
‘Girls’ Season Two: Older and Not All That Much Wiser This Sunday, the show the internet loves to argue about returns to HBO for its second season. That’s Lena Dunham’s Girls, of course, a half […]
Apr. 30, 2012
Sibling Rivalry, Played Out Through Ridiculous Compeition in ‘The Do Deca […] Mark Duplass has a rising profile as a comedic actor through his turns in The League and the soon-to-be released Safety Not Guaranteed, but his […]
Apr. 12, 2012
Frankie Go Boom Manages to Keep its Supreme Weirdness From Spinning Out of […] Director Jordan Roberts’ Frankie Go Boom, which debuted at SXSW last month, is an entertaining, charmingly madcap comedy with an indie […]
Apr. 10, 2012
The Awkward Honesty of Girls Last month at SXSW, HBO screened the first three episodes of Lena Dunham’s new show, Girls, to a packed house. For SXSW, it was an opportunity […]
Mar. 20, 2012
Talking to Seth Morris About Funny or Die, UCB, and First Dates with Toby […] We told you last week about Yahoo’s new web comedy push. Part of that effort is a partnership with Funny or Die with the web series First […]
Mar. 30, 2011
Why ‘Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop’ Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop premiered at this year’s SXSW in the 1200-seat Paramount Theater to a capacity crowd who hung on every quip and […]