Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Born in war-ravaged Vietnam, Viet Nguyen arrived in the United States as a child refugee in 1975. The Nguyen family would soon move to San Jose, California, where the author
By Bryan Abrams Casting director Jennifer Venditti had one of Hollywood’s great chameleons to work with when she was putting together the pieces for HBO’s limited series The Sympathizer. Robert Downey Jr. plays a
Season 4 kicks off with Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Sympathizer which was adapted into an HBO limited series and released in April 2024
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen discussed about adapting his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Sympathizer, for the screen. Through clips from the series and readings from the novel, Nguyen talked about the
In this season 4 finale episode, actors from The Sympathizer television show, Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Duy Nguyen, Kayli Tran, PhanXine, VyVy Nguyen, and Tom Dang, converse with hosts
Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column, published every Friday, spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: Who else but Park Chan-wook to adapt The Sympathizer from a novel
HBO’s new miniseries centers Vietnamese voices — and reframes the consequences of war. Li Zhou writes for Vox The Sympathizer, a new HBO series adapted from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
The actor’s multiple roles was more than just stunt casting. From the moment The Sympathizer was announced, it was met with a combination of excitement and apprehension. The excitement came from the
The HBO miniseries is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, and he agrees: ‘At every turn, I expected the worst and at every turn, Hollywood surprised
Andrea Brody interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen on his Pulitzer Prize-Winning novel, The Sympathizer— now being adapted into an HBO series, and his new memoir for KCRW One of the most-watched
NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with culture writer Daniel Chin about how the new HBO series The Sympathizer differs from other Hollywood depictions of the Vietnam War for NPR Hollywood depictions have long
Park Chan-wook’s new miniseries on HBO takes American imperialism to task—Phillip Macias writes a review of HBO’s adaptation of ‘The Sympathizer’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen for The New Republic Critics
The novelist discusses working with South Korean director Park Chan-wook to reimagine his book ‘The Sympathizer’ as an HBO series for The Financial Times The Sympathizer, directed by Park Chan-wook
Host Philip Nguyen sits down with legend Ky Duyen, host of Paris by Night and a star of The Sympathizer, and her on screen daughter Vy Le, alongside EP Niv
“HBO’s series is not just a good story. It’s a sharp piece of film criticism” —James Poniewozik writes for The New York Times HBO has long defined itself in contrast