Peter Maresca

Clay Tweel’s HBO Max documentary on the New Age “cult of cults” that claimed dozens of lives raises powerful questions about the checkered histories of various religions.

When WarnerMedia announced all of its 2021 movies would stream on HBO Max the same day they open in theaters, Hollywood was completely blindsided.

The three bright stars of HBO Max's "Let Them All Talk"--Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest-- improvised most of their dialogue during a trans-Atlantic crossing aboard the…

On this Christmas Eve, Press Play re-airs some favorite interviews of the year. Sopan Deb shares how his Indian heritage informs his standup comedy. The documentary “Mr. SOUL!”

That's how the hero of "The White Tiger" views his native India. The way you'll view the film is with rapt attention and great delight. It's really terrific.

Garth Greenwell discusses seeking human truths by writing into an abyss, and his new novel Cleanness .

Brit Bennett pushes questions of race and color to their extremes in her new novel, The Vanishing Half.

George C. Wolfe on power dynamics in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

The pandemic pummeled production. WarnerMedia started a war with its windows-shattering sneak attack. And Quibi, we hardly knew you.