Alexander Payne's 1996 movie Citizen Ruth, starring Laura Dern and Burt Reynolds, pokes fun at the absurdity of politics. Payne's film satirizes the theatricality of American political debate.

Fernanda Torres, Mohammad Rasoulof, Zhao Tao, Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero and Cristian Mungiu will be joining Alexander ...

The 82nd edition of the festival, running August 27-September 6, is already tipped to premiere films like Guillermo del ...

Alexander Payne likens Downsizing to Black Mirror: It's a 'prism' for our times. From mother! to Breathe, these fall festival films could shift the Oscar race.

The Venice competition jury will include Fernanda Torres, Mohammad Rasoulof, Cristian Mungiu and more alongside president ...

As Alexander Payne’s longtime editor, Kevin Tent is one of the very first people to see footage of each film. When he watched the first round of dailies come in from the Massachusetts set of The ...

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 ...

NEW YORK – 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 ...

Read: Exclusive Excerpt From 'Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film,' A Book That Goes Behind-the-Scenes With the Oscar-Winning Auteur ...

While Payne grew up in Nebraska, filming his newest movie in Massachusetts led him to fall in love with Bostonians. "I began to call them Eastern Midwesterners,” he said.

Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera is set to unveil the lineup for the event’s upcoming 82nd edition, ...