Premières: January 11, HBO The Duplass Brothers are one of the few directing teams to break out of the mumblecore ghetto and actually into the Hollywood establishment, embellishing the usual dreary family drama fare with some life, light and emotional intelligence. Also: jokes. After leaving behind their indie roots (the genre is so-called because everyone improvises and kinda, well, mumbles into cheap microphones), they've gone from strength to strength. The past couple of years has seen the wonderful Jeff Who Lives At Home, starring Ed Helms and Jason Segel, and Mark has starred in popular TV sitcoms The Mindy Project and The League. Now the brothers re-team for a comedy series on HBO, again starring Mark, with both writing and directing. Togetherness sees Mark Duplass and Melanie Lynskey as a relatively together married couple who begin to have their relationship tested when Lynskey's sister Amanda Peet and her rowdy husband move in after getting evicted. There will be hugging, crying, learning, and sharp laughs.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
