Jonathan Poritsky

My dear­est Home Box Office,Over the years I have only been able to see a frac­tion of the films that come outm for until I am a full time critic, I must use my own time and money to seek out first runs. I regret miss­ing many of them. Some of them, I never even had an inten­tion of see­ing, but had wished I had the will power to see every film, rather than the ones I want to see. Let us not for­get that we, as view­ers, are only one small part of the equa­tion in film creation.Thank good­ness for you, HBO.

Films I would never seek out come to my liv­ing room directly. When I don’t feel like going out­side, chang­ing clothes, or bathing, you are there to com­fort me with them, enlighten my mind, and arouse my crit­i­cal pen.I shouldn’t even have to men­tion your orig­i­nal pro­gram­ming, which has raised the bar in both doc­u­men­tary and nar­ra­tive forms. The abil­ity to on-demand most any­thing you’ve made in these last few genius years makes my $11 a month ever more worth it.I do not look for­ward to the prospect of us part­ing as a find a new apart­ment. Alas, the room­mates and I must decide. But I make this promise, I will do every­thing I can, for where will I be with­out another sea­son of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” this fall?Yours,Jon