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Alexander Payne

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    January 24, 2012

    Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards

    ​Our shiny, golden man is back for the 2012 Academy Awards. Nominees for this year's awards were announced this morning, with a few surprises. We've listed them below, and we're plotting award-time strategy (and perhaps a drinking game). So grab the popcorn and catch up on these flicks before ... More >>

  • Film

    December 15, 2011

    10 Movie Womanizers, From the Sick to the Sublime

    ​Our shiny, golden man is back for the 2012 Academy Awards. Nominees for this year's awards were announced this morning, with a few surprises. We've listed them below, and we're plotting award-time strategy (and perhaps a drinking game). So grab the popcorn and catch up on these flicks before ... More >>

  • Film

    November 24, 2011

    Alexander Payne's Pessimism Is Good for Business

    ​Our shiny, golden man is back for the 2012 Academy Awards. Nominees for this year's awards were announced this morning, with a few surprises. We've listed them below, and we're plotting award-time strategy (and perhaps a drinking game). So grab the popcorn and catch up on these flicks before ... More >>

  • Film

    November 17, 2011

    The Descendants: Surprisingly, Alexander Payne May Have Made the Feel-Good Movie of the Year

    ​Our shiny, golden man is back for the 2012 Academy Awards. Nominees for this year's awards were announced this morning, with a few surprises. We've listed them below, and we're plotting award-time strategy (and perhaps a drinking game). So grab the popcorn and catch up on these flicks before ... More >>

  • Film

    December 10, 2009

    Up in the Air Avoids Predictable Routes and Lands the Emotion

    ​Our shiny, golden man is back for the 2012 Academy Awards. Nominees for this year's awards were announced this morning, with a few surprises. We've listed them below, and we're plotting award-time strategy (and perhaps a drinking game). So grab the popcorn and catch up on these flicks before ... More >>

  • Film

    December 3, 2009

    Everybody’s Fine: Father Does Not Know Best When Father Is De Niro

    ​Our shiny, golden man is back for the 2012 Academy Awards. Nominees for this year's awards were announced this morning, with a few surprises. We've listed them below, and we're plotting award-time strategy (and perhaps a drinking game). So grab the popcorn and catch up on these flicks before ... More >>

  • Film

    July 31, 2008

    Swing Vote has presidential candidates vying for one heart and mind

    ​Our shiny, golden man is back for the 2012 Academy Awards. Nominees for this year's awards were announced this morning, with a few surprises. We've listed them below, and we're plotting award-time strategy (and perhaps a drinking game). So grab the popcorn and catch up on these flicks before ... More >>

  • Film

    July 19, 2007

    Friends With Benefits

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

  • Film

    January 4, 2007

    In the Playroom

    Secrets and lies in a tale of adultery and parental neglect

  • Film

    January 20, 2005

    Run, Dick, Run

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

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Love Letter to Alexander Payne

    16 reasons not to give up on American cinema

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Leaning Sideways

    In a year when small movies came up big, picking the best was a Payne

  • News

    December 30, 2004

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

    Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

  • Film

    November 4, 2004

    Sour Grapes

    A bitter wine freak makes an adorable hero in Alexander Payne’s Sideways

  • Film

    May 15, 2003

    Think Different

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

  • Film

    January 2, 2003

    Schmidt Happens

    Nicholson disappears into a wondrous movie about quiet desperation

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    Old News

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

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    My Favorite Year

    Critic beholds screen, sees miracles

  • Film

    December 19, 2002

    Orc Chops

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

  • Film

    July 19, 2001

    Leapin' Lizards!

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

  • Film

    July 29, 1999

    Sash 'n' Burn

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

  • Film

    May 6, 1999

    Pupil Reign

    High-school-themed Election scores a winning ticket

  • Film

    May 8, 1997

    Dern Tootin'

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

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