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TV show based on locally filmed 'The Holdovers' planned. Here's the latest

Filmed at Fairhaven High School and the James Arnold Mansion, Oscar-winning film "The Holdovers" shares updates on a TV show. Could it film here again?
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Alexander Payne on the inspirations of 'The Holdovers' and the movies that shaped him

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KETV Omaha

Oscar-winning filmmaker Alexander Payne teams up with Omaha Symphony on project

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER COMES HOME TO PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL SYMPHONY? THOSE AT THE HOLLAND GOT TO FIND OUT. THE OMAHA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TOOK SOME OF DIRECTOR ALEXANDER ...
Moviefone

Director Alexander Payne and Editor Kevin Tent Talk 'The Holdovers'

Moviefone speaks with Alexander Payne and Kevin Tent about 'The Holdovers.' "It's set in 1970, but it looks and feels like a movie made in 1970," Payne said. Moviefone recently had the pleasure of ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Kevin Tent on His 30-Year Partnership With Alexander Payne and Why He Knew ‘The Holdovers’ Would be a Hit

The editor says that the first dailies of Dominic Sessa reminded him of Shailene Woodley in ‘The Descendants’: “It’s a privileged position to be the first person seeing these performances on camera.” ...
TheWrap

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

“The Holdovers” history professor Paul Hunham needed an actor like Paul Giamatti to play him — a performer who knows his way around playing a sad sack as well as he does a formidable intellect. Paul, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Movies Are Too Damn Long These Days, Says Director Alexander Payne

The 'Sideways' director criticized overly long runtimes during an appearance at Middleburg Film Festival: "You want your movie to be as short as possible." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large The ...
FilmBook

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE: Searchlight Takes Worldwide Rights to New Film from Director Alexander Payne

Somewhere Out There is going to be the director’s first European film and is expected to be both moving and funny. Payne’s last film, The Holdovers, received Oscar nominations for both the picture ...
radaronline

Alexander Payne and 'The Holdovers' Screenwriter David Hemingson Face Allegations of Plagiarism Amid Oscar Season Buzz

On Jan. 12, Stephenson sent an email to Lesley Mackey, the Writers Guild of America’s senior director of credits, expressing concerns about a potential plagiarism issue. With voting already closed, ...
collider

Alexander Payne's Feature Directorial Debut Was This Funny, Scathing Political Commentary Starring Laura Dern and Burt Reynolds

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...
TheWrap

‘The Holdovers’ Director Alexander Payne’s ‘Sideways’ Reunion With Paul Giamatti Was 20 Years in the Making

Alexander Payne’s career of quietly incisive, off-kilter human comedies has rarely met a tonal match quite so perfect as actor Paul Giamatti. The Oscar-nominated actor so memorably captured the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Alexander Payne on the inspirations of 'The Holdovers' and the movies that shaped him

NEW YORK (AP) — There are rituals to an Alexander Payne movie. In post-production, he and his longtime editor, Kevin Tent, will gather collaborators for Tie Day Tuesday (women can wear a tie or pearls ...