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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Carnivale revisited: is this HBO's strangest show?

Carnivale, an HBO series cancelled after two seasons, follows a carnival traveling through 1930s America while weaving parallel stories of a mysterious ex-con and a visionary preacher destined to collide in cosmic conflict.
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fromEsquire
2 weeks ago

You Should Read the True Crime Story That Inspired HBO's 'DTF St. Louis'

HBO's DTF St. Louis, a prestige drama based on a true murder case involving a dentist, weatherman, and poisoned drink, has evolved into a standalone story diverging significantly from its source material.
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fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

Industry Got Darker. So Did Its Score.

Industry's fourth season evolves into a high-stakes psychosexual thriller featuring financial intrigue, international spycraft, and morally bankrupt characters operating in an absurdist world of cutthroat banking.
fromArchitectural Digest
3 weeks ago

How 'Industry' Season 4 Uses Its Sets to Portray the Dark Side of Wealth

We're literally representing every single aspect of UK life. Unlike other series that focused on wealth and power with tantalizing sets to match—Succession, most recently—there's usually a darker, colder sheen to the environs of Industry. Each character is depicted in their own environments more often than previous seasons, just as the scripts reveal deeper and more intimate layers of the characters. The spaces on screen align with their interiority and they're less gleaming penthouse than tarnished mansion.
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