Lovecraft Country

The 50 greatest HBO shows ever – ranked

From juicy dramas about polyamory, bootlegging and the ‘golden age of porn’ to the most jaw-dropping documentary moment of all time, HBO is known as the home of prestige TV. As it turns 50, here are its greatest hits so far

Michael Hogan and Sammy Gecsoyler

08, Nov, 2022 @4:49 PM

The 50 best TV shows of 2020: 50-1

Michaela Coel’s smart, subversive and taboo-breaking drama gave us absolutely unbeatable television – plus more of the year’s best

18, Dec, 2020 @8:09 AM

Lovecraft Country: season one finale recap – spellbinding ending brings us full circle

We’re back where we began … but everything – and everyone – is much changed in the bloody, magical conclusion of HBO’s ambitious fantasy series

Ellen E Jones

19, Oct, 2020 @12:46 PM

Lovecraft Country's Jonathan Majors: 'Jim Crow America is literally in my DNA'

He has caused a sensation in HBO’s horror hit. As Marvel supervillainry now beckons, the Texan actor reveals how he went from shoplifting tearaway to hottest young star around

Ellen E Jones

13, Oct, 2020 @5:00 AM

Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode nine – the Tulsa massacre sets stage for gripping finale

The hunt for the Book of Names meant travelling back in time to the day of the city’s 1921 race massacre – and revisiting some painful memories

Ellen E Jones

12, Oct, 2020 @11:00 AM

The golden age of TV costume design

Shows such as Insecure and I Hate Suzie are at the vanguard of a new era of fashion-forward TV, while sometimes, as in Emily in Paris, the clothes are a saving grace for an otherwise second-rate offering

Ellie Violet Bramley

08, Oct, 2020 @2:34 PM

Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode eight – real life racist murder haunts our heroes

HBO’s fantasy sci-fi confronts the harsh truth of 1950s America with an inventive episode that opens on Emmett Till’s funeral

Ellen E Jones

05, Oct, 2020 @11:30 AM

Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode seven – a trippy, afro-futurist time-travelling delight

HBO’s 1950s fantasy sci-fi takes another unexpected turn as Hippolyta and George reunite and Montrose’s flimsily divided worlds collide

Ellen E Jones

28, Sep, 2020 @2:31 PM

Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode six – war, Judy Garland and a foxy lady

A Judy-loving nine-tailed fox spirit switches up the mood as we jump back in time three years for a standalone episode that featured some murderous romance

Ellen E Jones

21, Sep, 2020 @2:00 PM

Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode five – the goriest, sauciest episode yet

As HBO’s fantasy epic continues, we saw Tic beat his father to a pulp – though it was ‘the Stiletto Scene’ that proved unbeatably shocking

Ellen E Jones

14, Sep, 2020 @2:30 PM

Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode four – misogyny, murder and Montrose

HBO’s fantasy sci-fi shows it’s just as concerned with sexism as racism, as Christina and Ruby had their ambitions thwarted while Tic got stuck into an Indiana Jones-esque adventure

Ellen E Jones

07, Sep, 2020 @3:45 PM