The Observer is a student-run, daily print & online newspaper serving Notre Dame, Saint Mary's & Holy Cross. Learn about us.
-40 posts tagged "HBO"
Gabi Woodward | Friday, March 24, 2023
HBO’s “The Last of Us” has always remained in the back of my mind, ever since it was announced that one of my favorite video games would be adapted into a TV show in November 2020. The excitement that it created festered and grew, taking over my brain leading into this Jan., when the first
Stephen Viz | Thursday, January 26, 2023
Television, in particular paid programming television, has seen a cinematic revival since the turn of the twenty-first century. While once belittled as the little brother of the silver screen, the current landscape of television has changed drastically. No longer do actors smirk at the idea of taking on TV projects, but rather embrace it in
JP Spoonmore | Tuesday, April 5, 2022
HBO’s newest comedy “Our Flag Means Death” parodies the absurd life of gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby) and his antics that impress the terrifying legend of the seven seas, Blackbeard (Taika Waititi). With a merry crew of comedians in front and behind the camera, the show’s comedy is packed tighter than a powder keg
JP Spoonmore | Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Now that the smoke from its season finale has finally cleared, it is time to search the rubble for why “Euphoria” has turned so suddenly into its original season’s antithesis. Once a serious look at youth and love to an absolute joke, the show doesn’t seem to realize that its second season has audiences laughing
Claire Lyons | Friday, September 17, 2021
Lovers of sophisticated divorce dramas — rejoice! Anyone who enjoyed the Oscar-nominated “Marriage Story,” “Blue Valentine” or “Her” will be enthralled by HBO’s highly anticipated “Scenes from a Marriage” miniseries. The first episode, starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, finally aired on the network (and its streaming service, HBOMax) last Sunday. Director Hagai Levi’s reboot
Ryan Israel and Mariah Rush | Friday, April 9, 2021
Someone’s died. You’re not really sure who. A fourth cousin? A family friend twice removed? It’s probably a great-great-great-someone, that’s for sure. The thing is, it doesn’t really matter. Your parents, who dragged you unwillingly with the authority of some moral high ground, force you through the doors, and you’re faced with the familiar anxiety
Ryan Israel | Friday, February 5, 2021
When I love something, I write about it — not quite love letters, but tributes. I love when celebrities can be connected to Notre Dame, so I draw the dots — and then connect them — between Taylor Swift and the Golden Dome. Or, I obsess over Leonardo DiCaprio wearing a hat. There are a
Jake Winningham, Ryan Israel, Aidan O'Malley and Nick Brigati | Friday, December 11, 2020
For the latest installment in Scene’s end of the year wrap-up, our writers turn their attention to the best 2020 had to offer on screens both big and small. From documentary triumphs to international television hits, these are some of the highlights from a great year for film and TV. “I May Destroy You” By
Colleen Fischer | Friday, October 23, 2020
If I was in a coming-of-age film, it would open with me slamming the door shut and blaring something David Byrne wrote. There is something about David Byrne and Talking Heads that makes my brain make sense. I was waiting for the film version of “America Utopia” for over a year, and it was worth
Ryan Israel, Jake Winningham and Nick Brigati | Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Scene, providing you with three obscure and artsy films that you didn’t know you needed. “Frances Ha” on Netflix By Ryan Israel, Scene Editor The 2013 dramedy “Frances Ha” was the first collaboration for Hollywood’s auteur super couple, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. Gerwig co-wrote and starred as the film’s leading lady, Frances Halladay,