Treme

A newbie and a veteran debate what Alan Ball’s “show about death” is really about. 

The actress talks about her roles in film, television, and the spaces in between.

For some, online piracy makes sense. But waiting makes even more sense.

Director Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa) follows a sewer worker and petty thief as he makes his way through a Nazi-occupied Polish city. 

Whether you’re trying to blast a dictator out of hiding or exacerbate a feud with your neighbors, what music would you use to punish your enemies? 

Noticeably absent from HBO’s recent spring premiere dates announcement was any mention of Treme, the plucky little David Simon show about Hurricane Katrina survivors that continues to weather its own storm of viewer indifference. And today D...

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As the year ends, we discuss our favorite art of 2011. Here’s what a year of music brought us. 

We pick the best shows of an extremely good year in television. 

Who voted for which series? Which shows barely made the cut? And which less-heralded shows do you need to start DVRing? Read on.

Viewers tracking the real-life events that provide the basis for HBO’s Treme have long assumed that David Simon’s series would wrap after five seasons, passing through the redemptive arc of the New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl vict...

This week, a reader asks us to help work out a list of the best TV-show theme songs in history, but demands we acknowledge The Rockford Files first.

In the first week of its third season—and its first airing on a Monday, without a cushy lead-in—HBO’s Bored To Death pulled in 240,000 viewers.

A collection of music writing themed around poverty and desperation makes an impact.

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Roger Ebert once wrote, “all bad movies are depressing, and no good movies are.” Is he right? And can the same standard be applied to all art?

"To have a haven where you can still come and experience it the way it was, that's pretty special."

We check out The Lavender Hour for the first time, Paul Gilmartin mends Dinner And A Movie fences, Gary Metcalf gets his, and we’re finally covering The Best Show, so please stop complaining about it.

Since discovering ambition, the CBS series has turned into a sprawling depiction of a city in crisis.

What songs can you never shake once you get them in your head?

The Treme actress exposes her country roots—plus an affinity for R. Kelly.

Getting into a New Orleans-based form with one foot in tradition and the other pointed to the future.

The charismatic actor from The Wire and Treme talks about his shows’ cathartic power, and why entertainment is only a small part of culture.

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