Daniel Fienberg

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Daniel Fienberg

In “Strawberries,” the standout episode of his Hulu comedy ‘Ramy,’ writer-director Ramy Youssef took viewers back to September 11, 2001, juxtaposing coming-of-age tropes — the main character’s insecurities about masturbation, in particular — with the global cataclysm that shifted how Little Ramy viewed the world and how the world viewed Little Ramy and his Muslim faith.

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Daniel Fienberg

Prolific documentarian and HBO nonfiction lodestar Alex Gibney‘s last project for the premium cable network was Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos. The 2024 two-parter was a puppy dog-eager piece of fan service in which Gibney was the biggest fan of all, peppering David Chase and much of the surviving cast of The Sopranos with all of his questions.

1 week ago | msn.com | Daniel Fienberg

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1 week ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Fienberg

Prolific documentarian and HBO nonfiction lodestar Alex Gibney’s last project for the premium cable network was Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos. The 2024 two-parter was a puppy dog-eager piece of fan service in which Gibney was the biggest fan of all, peppering David Chase and much of the surviving cast of The Sopranos with all of his questions.

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Daniel Fienberg

Even at the peak of Peak TV, the medium’s gatekeepers were resistant to making full-fledged commitments to surrealism and absurdity. But that hasn’t stopped some weird curios from sneaking through. There have been long-running favorites like Fargo, critical hits like I’m a Virgo, cult treasures like Lodge 49 and Baskets, plus a bunch of quickly forgotten oddities like Apple TV+’s Hello Tomorrow! and The Big Door Prize and Sunny or Amazon’s Mammals.