Alexander Payne

Watch a Two-Hour Conversation with Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig, Yorgos Lanthimos & Alexander Payne

The Oscars may have concluded, but there's one more piece of the awards season worth checking out before we fully move on to 2024 in cinema. A welcome annual t...

The Alternate Ending of Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers

One of our top 10 films of the year, Alexander Payne's The Holdovers is already on its way to becoming a recurring Christmas classic. It's also had an expedite...

TIFF Review: The Holdovers is a Heavily Nostalgic, Likable Return for Alexander Payne

In the midst of a festival setting, catching up with all the best of world cinema and the contemporary avant-garde, you basically hope––sometimes even luckily ...

The Holdovers Trailer: Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti Reunite

After teaming for Sideways two decades ago, writer-director Alexander Payne and actor Paul Giamatti have reunited for a new drama. The Holdovers, which is set ...

Alexander Payne and Reese Witherspoon to Reunite for Election Sequel Tracy Flick Can’t Win

Serving as a breakout for Alexander Payne following his debut Citizen Ruth, 1999's Election followed Reese Witherspoon's Tracy Flick as a high school student r...

Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti Reteam for The Holdovers

It's been quite a struggle for Alexander Payne to get his next film off the ground. Following up his biggest project yet, scope-wise, with Downsizing, he's bee...

Alexander Payne Will Reimagine ‘Babette’s Feast’ in Minnesota for Next Feature

It hasn't been an easy last few years for Alexander Payne. After his misunderstood drama Downsizing didn't connect with audiences, he recently tried to get ...

News

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Trailers

Sebastian Stan is Donald Trump in the First Trailer for The Apprentice

4K Restoration Trailer for Tarsem Singh’s The Fall Reintroduces a Dazzling Journey

Rooney Mara is Under Pressure in First Trailer for Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina

Reviews

TIFF Review: Barry Keoghan Can’t Save the Thoroughly Unpleasant Bring Them Down

TIFF Review: The Return Marks a Languid Reunion for Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche

Venice Review: Neo Sora’s Happyend Poignantly Explores our Responses to an Impending Future

Features

Posterized September 2024: Eureka, Red Rooms, Matt and Mara & More

New to Streaming: Rebel Ridge, My First Film, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Dìdi (弟弟) & More

NYC Weekend Watch: L.C. Barreto Productions, Andy Warhol, Another Woman & More

Interviews

Look Into My Eyes Director Lana Wilson on Psychic Tradition vs. Therapy, the Loneliness of NYC, and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s After Life

Jeremy Saulnier on Rebel Ridge, the Power of Information Deprivation, and Staying Energized Through Production Delays

Lee Daniels on The Deliverance, Shifting Culture, Douglas Sirk, and That Glenn Close Performance

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 547 – Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (with Jen Johans)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (January 14, 2005)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 546 – Trap (with Dan Mecca)