Alexander Payne

From ’About Schmidt’ to ’Sideways,’ Alexander Payne is beloved for his intimate dramas—but his most ambitious one yet may well fail in this political climate

From The Wolf of Wall Street to Nebraska, moviegoers this year were surrounded by the most vile people ever imagined

Alexander Payne has had it with snooty critics who think his film is condescending

After a career spent improvising, the Oscar-nominated actor doesn’t change a thing in Nebraska

Brian D. Johnson’s latest dispatch from the Croisette

Alexander Payne does for Hawaii what he did for wine in ’Sideways,’ with Clooney playing against type as an cuckolded dad