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Alexander Payne

  • Alexander Payne Named President of 82nd Venice Film Festival

    The celebration of movies will take place Aug. 27 – Sept. 6

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    Missy Schwartz
    April 28, 2025 @ 6:19 AM
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    Alexander Payne Named President of 82nd Venice Film Festival
  • The Year of the Teen: How the Risk Takers of 1999 Reflected a Changing Youth Landscape

    From “American Beauty” to “Election,” teens were a hot commodity Hollywood celebrated that year

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    Kristen Lopez
    March 15, 2024 @ 6:00 AM

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

    TheWrap magazine: Fresh off his Golden Globe win for their latest collab, Giamatti breaks down what makes his work with Payne stand out

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    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 10, 2024 @ 10:00 AM
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    Paul Giamatti Loves Working With ‘The Holdovers’ Director Alexander Payne Because ‘He’s Smarter Than Me’
  • How ‘The Holdovers’ Added Frame Stains and Real Snow to Create a 1970s Holiday Landscape

    TheWrap magazine: “We shot in Boston and the whole schedule was designed around when we would be most likely to have snow,” says cinematographer Eigil Bryld

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    Jason Clark
    January 2, 2024 @ 1:40 PM
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    How ‘The Holdovers’ Added Frame Stains and Real Snow to Create a 1970s Holiday Landscape
  • ‘The Holdovers’ to Stream on Peacock in Time for the Holidays

    The Focus Features film from director Alexander Payne stars Paul Giamatti

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    Umberto Gonzalez
    December 22, 2023 @ 9:08 AM
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    ‘The Holdovers’ to Stream on Peacock in Time for the Holidays
  • How Da’Vine Joy Randolph Found ‘Many Dimensions of Grief’ in ‘The Holdovers’

    TheWrap magazine: “Grief has many facets. That was something I tried to constantly engage and explore,” the actress says

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    Steve Pond
    December 14, 2023 @ 4:15 PM
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    How Da’Vine Joy Randolph Found ‘Many Dimensions of Grief’ in ‘The Holdovers’
  • Song or Score? ‘The Holdovers’ Music Blurs the Line

    TheWrap magazine: “It’s what we jokingly call scource — half score, half source music,” says composer Mark Orton

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    Steve Pond
    November 29, 2023 @ 11:30 AM
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    Song or Score? ‘The Holdovers’ Music Blurs the Line
  • ‘The Holdovers’ Director Alexander Payne’s ‘Sideways’ Reunion With Paul Giamatti Was 20 Years in the Making

    The Oscar-winning filmmaker tells TheWrap the role of a curmudgeonly history professor was written for the “Billions” actor before he even signed on

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    Benjamin Lindsay
    November 6, 2023 @ 2:00 PM
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    ‘The Holdovers’ Director Alexander Payne’s ‘Sideways’ Reunion With Paul Giamatti Was 20 Years in the Making
  • ‘The Holdovers’ Review: Alexander Payne’s ’70s-Set Christmastime Movie Is Familiar and Cozily Beautiful

    Telluride 2023: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and newcomer Dominic Sessa play sad people who lift one another up over the holidays at a posh New England school

    By

    Tomris Laffly
    September 1, 2023 @ 9:32 AM
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    ‘The Holdovers’ Review: Alexander Payne’s ’70s-Set Christmastime Movie Is Familiar and Cozily Beautiful
  • Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Nyad,’ ‘Saltburn’

    “Rustin,” “Wildcat,” “The Royal Hotel” and “The Bikeriders” are among the other films headed to the Colorado festival

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    Steve Pond
    August 30, 2023 @ 8:02 AM
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    Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Nyad,’ ‘Saltburn’
  • Inside Focus’ $30 Million Deal for Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’

    The film from Miramax that reunites the director with his “Sideways” star Paul Giamatti will get a global theatrical release next year

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    Brian Welk
    September 16, 2022 @ 6:00 AM

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    Inside Focus’ $30 Million Deal for Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’

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  • Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ With Paul Giamatti Nabbed by Focus Features in $30 Million Deal

    Period drama from Miramax is a reunion of the director and star from 2004’s “Sideways”

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    Brian Welk
    September 12, 2022 @ 9:56 AM
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    Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ With Paul Giamatti Nabbed by Focus Features in $30 Million Deal
  • Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ With Paul Giamatti Nabbed by Miramax

    Next film from “Sideways” director will now begin filming in January in New England

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    Brian Welk
    June 28, 2021 @ 9:39 AM
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    Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ With Paul Giamatti Nabbed by Miramax
  • Alexander Payne Drops Out of Olivia Colman-Led HBO Miniseries ‘Landscapers’

    Move comes weeks after the director denied actress Rose McGowan’s accusations of sexual misconduct

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    Tim Baysinger
    October 9, 2020 @ 1:18 PM
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    Alexander Payne Drops Out of Olivia Colman-Led HBO Miniseries ‘Landscapers’
  • Rose McGowan on Alexander Payne’s Sexual Misconduct Denial: ‘Why Do These Men Always Lie?’

    “I told Payne to acknowledge and apologize, he has not. I said I didn’t want to destroy, now I do,” McGowan says

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    J. Clara Chan
    September 4, 2020 @ 12:01 PM
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    Rose McGowan on Alexander Payne’s Sexual Misconduct Denial: ‘Why Do These Men Always Lie?’
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