"The Descendants" director Payne to receive Filmmaker of the Year Award at ACE Eddie Awards
Two of the film's female stars talk about typecasting, messiness and blissful ignorance
Alexander Payne's movie opens at only 29 locations, but is No. 10 at the box office
Official voters' screening of the Best Picture frontrunner draws strong reaction -- but nobody calls it the year's best film
Review: Clooney does some of his best work to date in a terrific film about hell in paradise, from writer-director Alexander Payne
Clooney segues from "The Ides of March" to "The Descendants," and chaos follows
The film weaves together family, history, loyalty and the unwelcome pressures of growing the hell up
Telluride may have peaked with its very first premiere, of "The Descendants," but Glenn Close's gender-bending performance has also drawn heat
Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" started the festival on a Rocky Mountain high, while Glenn Close in drag and Martin Scorsese's tribute to a Beatle drew more muted praise
Film is Alexander Payne's first since "Sideways"; Martin Scorsese's George Harrison doc will also screen
Alexander Payne's movie, starring George Clooney, had originally been slated for a Dec. 16 debut
Matthew Lillard, Judy Greer, Robert Forster and Beau Bridges join Fox Searchlight film
Payne directing family dramedy for Fox.
Darren Aronofsky, Danny Boyle, Neil LaBute, more weigh in.
Money will underwrite Guest Director program.
First feature since "Sideways."
