Alexander Payne

Hollywood's outsiders come inside

2013-02-24 00:00:00

It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...

Laura Dern's 'Enlightened' approach

2013-01-15 06:00:00

Season 2 of HBO's "Enlightened" finds Laura Dern as fortysomething executive Amy Jellicoe conspiring with an egotistical Los Angeles Times muckraker (Dermot Mulroney) to bring down her corporate overlords. Well-meaning but hopelessly naive — "I'm...

'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Argo,' 'West of Memphis' among WGA nominees

2013-01-05 00:00:00

The scripts of "Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln" and "Silver Linings Playbook" are among the nominees for Writers Guild of America Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen in 2012. Nominees announced Friday in the original screenplay...

'Sideways' stage adaptation heading to La Jolla Playhouse

2012-12-13 08:00:00

The recent stage adaptation of the bestselling novel "Sideways" that debuted in May in Santa Monica is moving up in the world. The La Jolla Playhouse said it will produce the play starting in July, with former artistic director�Des McAnuff at the helm....

Telluride taps Geoff Dyer as guest director

2012-06-11 16:39:22

Cannes 2012: Actor Norman Lloyd remembers Hitchcock, Renoir

2012-05-25 16:38:12

'The Artist' is big winner at Academy Awards

2012-02-27 00:01:00

The movie of the fewest words spoke the loudest at the Oscars this year. On an evening suffused with nostalgia, "The Artist," a nearly wordless, black-and-white romance celebrating Hollywood's formative era, won five Academy Awards, including best...

Cannes 2012: Festival turns 65 with a lineup heavy on U.S. titles

2012-05-16 16:37:41

Alexander Payne on directing: casting is 'first among equals'

2012-01-21 16:37:21

Oscars 2012: Alexander Payne praises fellow 'Descendants' writers

2012-02-27 08:10:44

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George Clooney on directing: 'Forward momentum' is important

2012-01-23 21:38:05

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'The Artist' wins three top Oscars, including best picture

2012-02-26 21:27:00

"The Artist," the black-and-white silent film about Hollywood’s rocky transition to the “talkies,” took the biggest honors at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday night, including best picture, director and lead actor. It was a night...

Director Alexander Payne; cast: Bruce Dern, Will Forte. Payne's road trips ("About Schmidt," "Sideways") never disappoint. This one follows a son (Forte) reluctantly taking his irascible dad (Dern) from Billings, Mont., to Lincoln, Neb., to claim a magazine sweepstakes prize.

2013-03-04 14:53:00

Director Alexander Payne (left) and actress Reese Witherspoon (right) at the Gene Siskel Film Center gala at the Ritz-Carlton hotel June 23, 2012.

2012-06-25 07:03:00

Director Alexander Payne and actress Reese Witherspoon at the Gene Siskel Film Center gala at the Ritz-Carlton hotel June 23, 2012.

2012-06-25 00:00:00