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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired HBO; June 9; 9 p.m. E.T. The 1977 conviction of director Polanski (Chinatown, The Pianist) for sex with a minor was the very model of modern media circuses. Marina Zenovich uses archival and new interviews to show how the court and press made an example of the (admittedly guilty) filmmaker. A thoughtful look at celebrity, justice and the incompatibility...
...CATTRALL to star in yet another HBO comedy about sex in New York City...
...most reliable demographic for a big box-office weekend is teen boys who can't get dates. Traditionally, when a film opens, young males come more quickly than the several generations of female this one is aimed at. But SATC - a continuation of the HBO babes-in-bonding series that ran for six seasons and ended in 2004 - is already sold out for many of its midnight shows tonight and evening performances on Friday. .. The film is clearly a lifeline for the Sex-deprived. By Sunday, if the early buzz translates into huge ticket sales, Hollywood may have to consider...
...Sundance, and scheduled to play on HBO next month, this revealing documentary revisits the Polish director's L.A. hearing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. (Polanski fled to Europe and has lived there since.) Though Zenovich doesn't dispute the facts, the interviews with Douglas Dalton, Polanski's lawyer, and Roger Gunson, Assistant District Attorney (described in the film as being "37, a Mormon, and the only member of the D.A.'s office who didn't have sex with an underage girl") aptly pin the blame on showboating judge, Laurence J, Rittenband. The film is a fascinating...
Going TV-less If Lev Grossman has a spare $10 per month, I have two additional words for him: Netflix Instant [May 12]. Despite the fact that I don't subscribe to HBO or Showtime, I have watched all Sopranos episodes and two seasons of Weeds, have caught up on early episodes of 30 Rock, old movies and myriad other programs. Who needs a TV, indeed? Liz White, LOS ANGELES...