alexander payne

76th Directors Guild of America (DGA) Nominations: Gerwig, Nolan, Lanthimos, Payne and Scorsese

Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial… Read More

January 10, 2024

76th Directors Guild of America (DGA) Nomination Preview and Predictions

Since the expanded lineup of Best Picture at the Oscars, the DGA and the Academy have only gone 5/5 one… Read More

January 8, 2024

Interview: Alexander Payne on Creating ‘The Holdovers’ and Making It Good til the Last Drop

“Do you want to go outside? It’s a nice day, let’s talk out there.” This was my first bit of… Read More

November 10, 2023

2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (October)

As the major fall festivals have just about ended - AFI FEST kicks off this week - festival awards from… Read More

October 23, 2023

11th Middleburg Film Festival First Wave Lineup Includes ‘Rustin,’ Tribute to George C. Wolfe

The Middleburg Film Festival announced today a preliminary lineup for its 11th edition set to run October 19-22. Launching the… Read More

September 8, 2023

‘The Holdovers’ Review: Alexander Payne’s Emotional, Charismatic Comedy is his Best Film in Years | Telluride

From the opening title cards and credits of Alexander Payne’s latest film, The Holdovers, he instantly transports us back in… Read More

September 1, 2023

Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti Reunite in First Trailer for ‘The Holdovers’

Focus Features has released the first trailer for The Holdovers, from two-time Academy Award-winning director Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants)… Read More

July 17, 2023

2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October) – Guillermo del Toro and Christopher Nolan Both at #1

Stop me if you think you've heard this one before. Just as in Best Picture, the Best Director race is… Read More

October 2, 2017

Trailer for Alexander Payne’s ‘Downsizing,’ starring Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig

After debuting at Venice and Telluride (to largely mixed/missed opportunity reviews) the trailer for Alexander Payne's social/eco-comedy Downsizing is here.… Read More

September 12, 2017

Venice Film Fest: Paramount Sets Triple Play with Downsizing, Suburbicon and mother!

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] The lineup for the 74th Venice Film Festival is here and it looks like Paramount is… Read More

July 27, 2017

This website uses cookies.