Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexander Payne has been named president of the international jury of the 82nd Venice Film Festival, heading the group who decides ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexander Payne is packing his bags for Italy: The Oscar winner has been announced as the Venice Film Festival jury president. The ...

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER COMES HOME TO PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL SYMPHONY? THOSE AT THE HOLLAND GOT TO FIND OUT. THE OMAHA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TOOK SOME OF DIRECTOR ALEXANDER ...

Somewhere Out There is going to be the director’s first European film and is expected to be both moving and funny. Payne’s last film, The Holdovers, received Oscar nominations for both the picture ...

Two-time Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne (The Holdovers, Sideways, Nebraska) will head up this year's Venice Film Festival international jury, Venice unveiled on Monday. Payne will oversee the ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

If Bob Nelson’s screenplay had been called Iowa, Alexander Payne would have never made Nebraska. “It found its way exclusively to me, because of the title,” said the Omaha-born director before a ...

In this virtual Q&A, Academy Award-winning director Alexander Payne steps up to interview Eva Nathena, director of Greece’s official International Feature Oscar submission Murderess (Fonissa). Despite ...

The ongoing war in Gaza was main topic of conversation at this year's Venice Film Festival jury press conference, although director Alexander Payne diplomatically chose to not offer his viewpoint on ...

The Oscar winner will oversee winners, including the Golden Lion, during the festival, which takes place from August 27 to September 6. Alexander Payne is packing his bags for Italy: The Oscar winner ...

Alexander Payne has been named president of the international jury of the 82nd Venice Film Festival, heading the group who decides winners of the Golden Lion for best film, the two Silver Lions (one ...