11 posts tagged ‘benny safdie’
Long before The Curse, Albert Brooks skewered “reality TV” with Real Life
AV Club,
Following last year’s reality TV home deconstruction project, The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder returns to screens this week with The Curse. True to form, the series sees Fielder, who also directs and co-writes, and Emma Stone starring as aspiring HGTV gentrifiers Asher and Whitney Siegel. Co-written by Benny Safdie, who… Read more...
6 things you have to watch on TV this weekend
Welcome to the weekend edition of What’s On. Here are the big things happening on TV from Friday, Nov 10 to Sunday, Nov 12. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekly What’s On publishes on Sundays.] Read more...
The Curse premiere: A satire that's as biting as it is absurd
It was about time HGTV got the dark biting satire the network seems so perfectly tailored for. Those ready-made gentrifying and style-flattening house flipping shows were clearly overdue for a smart send-up. And with Showtime’s The Curse, we may have finally gotten one that’s as biting as it is absurd. For what else… Read more...