When you’re deep in the process of creating something, it can be hard to tell if what you’re making is good. The final results don’t always match the effort and enthusiasm that went into the ...

It’s been six years since Alexander Payne released his last film, Downsizing, to mixed reviews. Now he’s back with The Holdovers, which is being hailed as a return to form by those who’ve caught it on ...

Alexander Payne is at the Locarno Film Festival to receive the Pardo d'Onore, but what he really wants to do is watch old movies. "This university course on post-war British cinema is unbelievable," ...

“Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film,” a compilation of author-journalist Leo Adam Biga’s decade-and-a-half of reporting on the director and his work, is a comprehensive look at one of cinema’s most ...

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Alexander Payne, director of The Holdovers, said he gets pushback for the kinds of films that he makes but he plans to persevere and hopes there will be more space for “human” stories in theaters.

Director Alexander Payne loves old movies so much he made one himself. “The Holdovers” is about disparate characters marooned together at a New England prep school over Christmas break in 1970. From ...

Alexander Payne is at the Locarno Film Festival to receive the Pardo d’Onore, but what he really wants to do is watch old movies. “This university course on post-war British cinema is unbelievable,” ...