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  • Dune

    ‘Dune’ is too big for your TV

    by 
    Devindra Hardawar
    Devindra Hardawar
    10.22.2021

    The real world just felt too small when I stepped out of Denis Villeneuve's Dune.

  • HBO

    HBO's 'Euphoria' isn't afraid to show how teens really use tech

    by 
    Devindra Hardawar
    Devindra Hardawar
    08.07.2019

    It's easy to mistake Euphoria as an R-rated version of typical teen TV fare. It stars former Disney Channel mainstay Zendaya; it's set in a nameless American suburb; and it focuses on troubled high school students who, at first, fall right into the John Hughes playbook of stereotypes. And living up to HBO's reputation, it's chock full of sex, drugs and just about everything else that makes parents cringe. But the show's first season, which ended this past Sunday, made it clear that creator Sam Levinson (Assassination Nation) is aiming to tell a deeper story about the struggles teenagers face today.