Back for a second round of the uncompromising pain and logistical nightmare of making a high-exposure/low-budget independent feature comes HBO's "Project Greenlight," the fascinating docu-reality series that proved a major critical hit in its first season (December 2001-February 2002). Rather than have a single chosen writer direct his own script -- as Pete Jones did with his film "Stolen Summer" -- this time, the scribe and helmer (in this case a directing team) are separate entities. If anything, the first pair of half-hour episodes (presented back-to-back Sunday) are crisper and more focused than was the first "Project Greenlight."

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