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Displaying all articles tagged:
Alexander Payne
interview
Mar. 10, 2024
Oscar Winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph Never Let the Buzz Get to Her Head
The Holdovers
star poured so much detail into Mary Lamb and that extra effort helped win her the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
By
Matthew Jacobs
accusations
Mar. 9, 2024
Luca
Writer Accuses
The Holdovers
of
Big Fat Liar
-ing Their Script
Simon Stephenson claims Alexander Payne has read his original script on two separate occasions and cites similarities between the two projects.
By
Alejandra Gularte
oscars 2024
Jan. 23, 2024
The Holdovers
Screenwriter Predicts a Renaissance of Humanist Films
“I’m a big believer in no tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.”
By
Zoe Guy
awards szn
Dec. 6, 2023
The National Board of Review Loves Scorsese,
The Holdovers
Paul Giamatti and Lily Gladstone are among NBR winners now.
By
Jason P. Frank
movie review
Oct. 27, 2023
Paul Giamatti Is Never Better Than When He’s in an Alexander Payne Movie
Prep school dramedy
The Holdovers
, the pair’s first collaboration since
Sideways
, showcases Giamatti’s capacity for the prickly and the heartbreaking.
By
Alison Willmore
role call
Dec. 2, 2021
Laura Dern Answers Every Question We Have About
Citizen Ruth
On Alexander Payne’s “equal-opportunity offender” abortion comedy, Miramax’s efforts to “kill” support for it, and its continued relevance.
By
Matthew Jacobs
crime
Sept. 4, 2020
Alexander Payne Says Rose McGowan Allegations Are ‘Simply Untrue’
The director denies meeting McGowan when she was 15, but admits that they went on dates when she was 17 or 18.
By
Rebecca Alter
‘i was 15’
Aug. 17, 2020
Rose McGowan Accuses Director Alexander Payne of Sexual Misconduct
“I was 15.”
By
Zoe Haylock
Dec. 19, 2017
Downsizing
Is a Boldly Executed Sci-Fi That Trips Over Its Own Modesty
Hong Chau is a stand-out in Alexander Payne’s willfully weird economic parable.
By
Emily Yoshida
profile
Dec. 10, 2017
Alexander Payne Is Supersizing His Artistic Ambitions With a Very Tiny Comedy
With
Downsizing
, the director mines the comedy in the microscopic.
By
Boris Kachka
Sept. 12, 2017
Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig Literally Shrink Themselves in the
Downsizing
Trailer
Premiering this December.
By
Jackson McHenry
trailer mix
Sept. 3, 2017
Downsizing
Trailer: Why Shrink Your Lifestyle When You Can Shrink Your Body?
Matt Damon and Christoph Waltz take the plunge.
By
Devon Ivie
casting couch
Nov. 5, 2014
Be Excited: Matt Damon and Alexander Payne Are Making a Movie Together
Downsizing.
By
Jesse David Fox
oscars 2014
Feb. 19, 2014
Best Director: Can We Confidently Predict a Split?
Director/Picture splits are awfully rare, but can anything stop Alfonso Cuarón?
By
Kyle Buchanan
Dec. 16, 2013
Talking to Will Forte About ‘Nebraska’, ‘MacGruber 2’, and Never-Aired […]
Will Forte is a busy man. Upon leaving SNL in 2010, he starred in MacGruber, a film that received mixed reviews but is nonetheless considered a […]
By
Erik Voss
movie review
Nov. 14, 2013
Edelstein: There’s a Gnarled Grace to Alexander Payne’s
Nebraska
Starring Bruce Dern as a man who believes he’s won a million dollars.
By
David Edelstein
Oct. 24, 2013
Alexander Payne Likes That Comedians Don’t ‘Wallow in Heavy-osity’
“”I’ve found that in the past I’m often drawn to people with good comic timing to perform in dramatic parts,” the director said. “Because […]
By
Elise Czajkowski
profile
Sept. 29, 2013
Bruce Dern on
Nebraska
, the Part He’s Waited 77 Years For
The perpetual supporting man gets his star turn.
By
Mary Kaye Schilling
trailer mix
Sept. 17, 2013
Nebraska
Trailer: Will Forte’s Driving Mr. Dern
It’s in black and/or white.
By
Jesse David Fox
Sept. 17, 2013
Watch the Trailer for Will Forte’s Dramatic Debut in Alexander Payne’s […]
Here’s the brand new trailer for Nebraska, director Alexander Payne’s upcoming movie that stars Will Forte in his dramatic debut. Forte stars […]
By
Bradford Evans
cannes 2013
May 23, 2013
Cannes: Why Alexander Payne Shot
Nebraska
in B&W
The film stars Bruce Dern and Will Forte.
By
Kyle Buchanan
May 14, 2013
Watch Will Forte Get Dramatic in a Clip from Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’
Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte is set to take a rare dramatic turn in Nebraska, a new movie directed by Oscar-winner Alexander Payne […]
By
Bradford Evans
May 15, 2012
Will Forte Hopefully to Work with Alexander Payne; Bring the Pain
Alexander Payne, writer/director of such minor (not minor at all) films as The Descendants, Sideways, and Election, wants Will Forte to star in […]
By
Jesse David Fox
chat room
Mar. 13, 2012
Alexander Payne on
The Descendants
, the Contraception Battle, and the Japanese
Sideways
“Oh, God, it’s unwatchable.”
By
Bilge Ebiri
exclusive
Oct. 11, 2011
Paramount Demands a Budget Cut and a Big Star for Alexander Payne’s Black-and-White Movie
To win the right to block color from ‘Nebraska,’ he slices his $20 million budget nearly in half.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
clickables
May 23, 2011
See George Clooney in the Poster for
The Descendants
It’s the new movie from Alexander Payne.
By
Kyle Buchanan
clickables
May 10, 2011
See George Clooney in a Clip From
The Descendants
It’s the newest film from Alexander Payne, and it involves a lot of running.
By
Kyle Buchanan
the industry
Jan. 18, 2011
Alexander Payne Is Making Another Road-Trip Movie
It’s called ‘Nebraska.’
By
Kyle Buchanan
the industry
Mar. 15, 2010
Bobby Fischer
Pawn
ed by David Fincher
Plus: Mary Steenburgen to have obnoxious kids.
By
Lane Brown
the industry
Nov. 3, 2009
Owen Wilson Is a Dog
Plus: Jim Belushi! Gordon Ramsay! A Canadian kid!
By
Adam K. Raymond
the industry
Aug. 11, 2009
Jonah Hill Knows
The Best Thing
Plus: a Hank Williams biopic.
By
Amos Barshad
the industry
July 17, 2009
Ed Helms to Make Iowa Cool Again
Plus: Somebody finally cuts Spielberg a break.
By
Lane Brown
the industry
Mar. 3, 2009
Sacha Baron Cohen, Reese Witherspoon, and Paul Giamatti Get Small
Plus, Chuck Lorre’s shows to remain on TV forever.
By
Amos Barshad
the industry
Dec. 18, 2008
Barry Sonnenfeld to Save World From Aliens Again
Plus: What’s Christopher Lloyd up to these days?
By
Lane Brown
the industry
May 9, 2008
Samuel L. Jackson to Star in Basically ‘Torture: The Movie’
Plus: Alexander Payne’s next movie, and the big names behind ‘Bioshock.’
news reel
July 20, 2007
A Peek at the Movie ‘Chuck & Larry’ Could Have Been
The finished version of
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
bears little resemblance to the script credited writers Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor turned in several years ago.
news reel
May 15, 2007
Did Joshua Ferris’s Novel Sell to HBO?