“In Treatment” Season 2 Gets Rave Reviews

HBO’s “In Treatment” Season 2 (which starts this Sunday) is getting some great write-ups:

Its vivid, cliché-free writing has always been “In Treatment”‘s singular strength. That’s even truer in its riveting new season—no small accomplishment.
Wall Street Journal

Byrne is brilliant and - for the most part - so is this fine and absorbing show. GRADE A
Newsday

Season 2 of HBO’s In Treatment remains TV’s most satisfyingly cerebral drama simply by talking, over and over, about age-old woes: family, regret, sex, mortality.
Time:

Convincing, with an upgraded talent roster and a storyline that deftly builds upon what’s gone before.
Variety

A slew of independent filmmakers directed episodes including:

Ryan Fleck (“Half Nelson,” “Sugar”)
Terry George (“Hotel Rwanda”)
Josh Marston (“Maria Full of Grace”)
Jim McKay (“Our Song”)
Courtney Hunt (“Frozen River”)

I haven’t watched the show but going to definitely check it out. Jeff Israel, my brother and filmmaking collaborator has been working in post-production for Season 2. Nice work!

jamesisrael posted to New TV on April 3, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)

Some Cool News for “The Wire” Fans

Per The Onion’s AV Club:

Variety is reporting that Melissa Leo, fresh from her Oscar nomination for Frozen River, has joined the cast of the new HBO series “Treme.” The show, created by Wire genius David Simon, is about the post-Katrina reconstruction of New Orleans. Leo joins a couple of Wire dudes already attached, Wendell “Bunk Moreland” Pierce and Clarke “Lester Freamon” Peters.

jamesisrael posted to New TV on March 12, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)