Subject: Alexander Payne

• Pupil Reign

  High-school-themed Election scores a winning ticket

  May 6, 1999

• Swing Vote has presidential candidates vying for one heart and mind

  July 31, 2008

• Friends With Benefits

  Two straight guys pretend to be gay and turn out to be humanists

  July 19, 2007

• In the Playroom

  Secrets and lies in a tale of adultery and parental neglect

  January 4, 2007

• Run, Dick, Run

  Sean Penn blames his problems on the president -- so what else is new?

  January 20, 2005

• Love Letter to Alexander Payne

  December 30, 2004

• Leaning Sideways

  December 30, 2004

• Movies: the Year in Review -- From Major to Minor

  December 30, 2004

• Sour Grapes

  November 4, 2004

• Think Different

  Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

  May 15, 2003

• Schmidt Happens

  Nicholson disappears into a wondrous movie about quiet desperation

  January 2, 2003

• Old News

  Reissues dominated, but an international crop of films yielded some good harvest

  January 2, 2003

• My Favorite Year

  Critic beholds screen, sees miracles

  January 2, 2003

• Orc Chops

  The action's much meatier in Jackson's second Rings film

  December 19, 2002

• Leapin' Lizards!

  The dinosaurs are jumping, but the story isn't, in Jurassic Park III

  July 19, 2001

• Sash 'n' Burn

  Drop Dead Gorgeous beauty pageant spoof isn't even skin deep

  July 29, 1999

• Dern Tootin'

  Ruth, justice and the American way lampooned in issue-oriented comedy

  May 8, 1997