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‘The Holdovers’ Director Alexander Payne’s ‘Sideways’ Reunion With Paul Giamatti Was 20 Years in the Making

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexander Payne’s career of quietly incisive, off-kilter human comedies has rarely met a tonal match quite so perfect as actor ...
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‘The Holdovers’ will bring Alexander Payne back to the Oscars

Alexander Payne has a near-perfect record when it comes to his movies being nominated for Academy Awards. The acclaimed writer, director, and producer — one of our very best — has made eight movies so ...
Los Angeles Times

After a career wobble, director Alexander Payne rebounds, ready to play the long game

“A Film By,” the most omnipresent of onscreen designations, is beloved of first-time directors and frazzled veterans alike. One picture you won’t find it on, however, is “The Holdovers.” What you see ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Kevin Tent on His 30-Year Partnership With Alexander Payne and Why He Knew ‘The Holdovers’ Would be a Hit

The editor says that the first dailies of Dominic Sessa reminded him of Shailene Woodley in ‘The Descendants’: “It’s a privileged position to be the first person seeing these performances on camera.” ...
Moviefone

Director Alexander Payne and Editor Kevin Tent Talk 'The Holdovers'

Moviefone speaks with Alexander Payne and Kevin Tent about 'The Holdovers.' "It's set in 1970, but it looks and feels like a movie made in 1970," Payne said. Moviefone recently had the pleasure of ...
Los Angeles Times

For Alexander Payne, ‘The Holdovers’ is not just a period film; it’s a 1970s time warp

“The Holdovers,” the new comedy-drama directed by Alexander Payne, is not just a movie that takes place in the early 1970s. From its earliest moments — the retro-style title cards for the companies ...
TheWrap

Paul Giamatti Loves Working With ‘The Holdovers’ Director Alexander Payne Because ‘He’s Smarter Than Me’

“The Holdovers” history professor Paul Hunham needed an actor like Paul Giamatti to play him — a performer who knows his way around playing a sad sack as well as he does a formidable intellect. Paul, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Alexander Payne Making Doc Directorial Debut With Project About “Finest Film Professor in the World” (Exclusive)

On the heels of 'The Holdovers,' the two-time Oscar winner is telling the story of Jeanine Basinger, "a supernova in the firmament of cinema" who, throughout her 60-year career at Wesleyan University, ...
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Paul Giamatti Was Always Meant to Lead ‘The Holdovers,’ Says Alexander Payne

At long last, Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti are back together again. It's been nearly 20 years since they paired up for arguably Payne's best feature Sideways which had Giamatti playing writer and ...
KETV Omaha

Oscar-winning filmmaker Alexander Payne teams up with Omaha Symphony on project

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER COMES HOME TO PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL SYMPHONY? THOSE AT THE HOLLAND GOT TO FIND OUT. THE OMAHA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TOOK SOME OF DIRECTOR ALEXANDER ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Alexander Payne on the inspirations of 'The Holdovers' and the movies that shaped him

NEW YORK (AP) — There are rituals to an Alexander Payne movie. In post-production, he and his longtime editor, Kevin Tent, will gather collaborators for Tie Day Tuesday (women can wear a tie or pearls ...
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Alexander Payne's Feature Directorial Debut Was This Funny, Scathing Political Commentary Starring Laura Dern and Burt Reynolds

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...