Ahead of the Oscars, where The Holdovers is nominated for Best Original Screenplay, a plagiarism claim has hit the Alexander Payne film. As Paul Giamatti’s character in The Holdovers quoted, “History is not just a study of the past, it is an explanation of the present.” So what if looking at a piece of the … Read more
The Holdovers director Alexander Payne, star Paul Giamatti and screenwriter David Hemingson have a western in the works. You might not have known it, but The Holdovers is actually the feature screenwriter debut of David Hemingson after a lengthy career in television. But now it seems like the bug has bitten — and that bug … Read more
The Holdovers star Paul Giamatti expressed an interest in doing more horror in future, and revealed his favorite horror movie. Giamatti Giallo? Speaking to Variety on the red carpet for the Golden Globes, Giamatti was asked if there was a genre he’d still like to do more of having spanned multiple genres over his career. … Read more
ComingSoon is holding The Holdovers prize pack giveaway for the upcoming period dramedy from Focus Features directed by Alexander Payne. We have one prize pack to give away, which comes with a vintage Barton sweatshirt, a Barton mascot iron-on patch, a leather notebook featuring a page of Mr. Hunham’s Dictionary, three custom pencils, and Mary’s … Read more
‘Election’ and ‘Sideways’ director Alexander Payne has a lovely new movie. Continue reading…
Payne bounces back from the disastrous “Downsizing” by reuniting with the star of arguably his most beloved film, “Sideways.” Paul Giamatti gets his richest part in years as Paul Hunham, a brutal professor at the prestigious Barton Academy in the early ‘70s. (Payne joked in his intro that he’s been basically making ‘70s comedies his … Read more