A web series. Created / Written / Directed By: Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair Executive Produced By: Katja Blichfeld, Russell Gregory, Ben Sinclair For more episodes visit helpingyoumaintain.com/episodes To support, please visit helpingyoumaintain.com/supportHMwebseries With Ben Sinclair Featuring Jordan Dean Anna Rose Hopkins Katie Hartman Henry Zebrowski Matthew Minor Preston Sadleir Bill Sinclair Qasim Naqvi Director of Photography Charles Gruet Assistant Director Sarah Violet Bliss Casting by Katja Blichfeld Casting Associate Andrew Femenella Editor Ben Sinclair Sound Mixer Dimitri Kouri Sound Editor Andrew Guastella Gaffers Jessie Cook Mike Rossi Cameron Berton Johnny Pruitt Color Correction Charlie Rokosny Production Design Imogen Lee Locations Manager Victoria Carter Collage Art Chris Santa Maria Compost Art Josh Treuhaft Production Coordinator Emi Irikawa Production Assistants Mark Hammer Andrew Femenella Cameron Berton Johnny Pruitt Makeup Sarah Graalman Additional Photography Laura Brownfield Jeremy Cohan Michael Sly Music Supervisor Liz Fulton Music "Io" written by Amino Belyamani and Aakaash Israni Performed by Dawn of Midi Courtesy of Thirsty Ear http://dawnofmidi.bandcamp.com/album/dysnomia "Ashe" // "Clairity" // "Bit Pairity" Performed by Nitemoves Written by Rory O'Connor Courtesy of Moongadget Records http://nitemoves.bandcamp.com/ "Dans le Noir" Performed by Dark Rooms Written by Daniel Hart http://darkroomsmusic.bandcamp.com "Hard LVL" Written and performed by Joel Williams Special Thanks Kristopher Dean Emily Esposito Carly Frankel Elizabeth Lynch Bryan Alexander Jessie Malone Alex Pepper Shawn Platzker Zuri Washington Jared Young Jeff Aiken Lauren Eicher Megan Mekjian Caroline Shannon Hope Shangle Brian Skellenger Casey Leach Robert Stern Jordan Wolf Gabriel D'Amato Graham Finn Biblio Bar and Restaurant Christian Sjulsen Torque Cycling Studio Bobby Taylor Streb Pax Brian Moroz Lou Gruber Nathan Kloke Lauryn Tyrell Very Special Thanks Maria Capolongo High Maintenance is coming soon to HBO for 6 new episodes. All 19 previous episodes of High Maintenance will be made available on HBO, HBO NOW and HBO GO.

High Maintenance is back!

Their new cycle of short films looks very promising. Somehow, they seem to tap into what it means to be alive right now.

They've released two new episodes so far and my favourite is 'Qasim'. On the surface, it has a good plot twist and pretty people and beautiful camera work... but beneath all this, the story and all its glorious details explore what people are doing (or what they think they need to be doing) to make their lives better. For some, it's a cycling class or exploring new sleeping patterns. For others, it's a new gadget to smoke weed without hurting your throat. But once you start thinking: 'this will make me better', where do you stop? I was listening to the WTF podcast by Marc Maron with the brilliant Simon Amstell last week and he was talking about how his weekly schedule had suddenly become overwhelmed with Yoga classes, accupuncture, etc. and he asked himself: 'Just how broken do I think I am?' Right? Does anyone else have these kind of epiphanies? And then just move on with your life? Because that's what you do. Maybe take a nap first. A scheduled nap. One that makes you better as a person, preferably. What's your epiphany vs. nap ratio? Is there a number I can aspire to?

Anyway, you can totally watch High Maintenance without bothering with these kind of life questions.

It's beautiful, funny stuff.

And while you're at it: check out the second new episode, the heartachingly cute 'Matilda'.

High Maintenance: 'Matilda'

A web series. Created / Written / Directed By: Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair Executive Produced By: Katja Blichfeld, Russell Gregory, Ben Sinclair For more episodes of High Maintenance visit www.helpingyoumaintain.com/episodes High Maintenance is coming soon to HBO for 6 new episodes. All 19 previous episodes of High Maintenance will be made available on HBO, HBO NOW and HBO GO. To support, please visit helpingyoumaintain.com/supportHMwebseries With Ben Sinclair Molly Knefel Brenna Palughi Marcella Roy Genevieve Roy Rob Leo Roy Kyle Dean Massey Max Jenkins Jawnee Conroy Jami Simon And Introducing Kate Ross Leemore Malka Lynne Rosenberg Elizabeth Whitney Raena White Emilia Aghamirzai Shernita Anderson Tiffany Barbour Sarah-Violet Bliss Molly Camp Rheaume Crenshaw Charity Angel Dawson Emi Irikawa Injoy Fountain Amy Jo Jackson Alyssa Kim Yael Malka Jessie Malone Clare McNulty Cait Opperman Lea Robinson Shaina Stiegler Amanda Sykes Cinematography Charlie Gruet Jesse Cook Arizona Photography Michael Sly Producer Willy Friedman Editor Ben Sinclair Casting By Katja Blichfeld, CSA Associate Producer Lou Gruber Production Manager Emi Irikawa Assistant Director Sarah-Violet Bliss Make-Up Naomi Raddatz Wardrobe Supervisor Shaina Stigler Sound Mixing Olaitan Agueh Kathy Lee Sound Editing Andrew Guastella Color Correction Charlie Rokosny AC Cameron Bertron Hunter M. Lewis (Arizona Unit) Production Assistants Samuel Altman Alyssa Northrop Johnny Pruitt Extras Casting Andrew Femenella Music Supervisor Liz Fulton Music “Instrumental” Written and Performed by Phantasmosis "Miwela-Miwela" Written Joseph Kabasele Performed by Orchestre African Jazz Courtesy of Sterns Music "Dan Te Dinye La" & “Koro Dia” Written & performed by Na Hawa Doumbia Courtesy of Awesome Tapes From Africa "Caterpillar" Performed by Cassandra Jenkins Written by David King "Wilderness Tips" Written by Ben Sterling Performed by Cookies Special Thanks Torben Blichfeld KGB Glass Cameron Marshad Revolution Rickshaws Keith Shaw Very Special Thanks Heather and Mitchell Ross Amy and Rob Roy Brenna Palughi & Ben Thys Kyle Dean Massey & Taylor Frey

We talked to the creators of High Maintenance a while ago. Did you miss that one? Read the KNOTORYUS interview here.