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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexander Payne’s next film has been acquired by Searchlight Pictures for worldwide release, and it’s the first film Payne will ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Venice Film Festival jury president Alexander Payne stood by its choice of winners, topped by Jim Jarmusch's the Father Mother Sister Brother for the Golden Lion, at the closing ceremony press ...

VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 27: President of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, Alexander Payne, attends the opening photocall during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival Getty Oscar ...

Nebraska director Alexander Payne will receive the Pardo d’Onore at the Locarno Film Festival. The American filmmaker will be presented with the honorary leopard on Friday, August 15. He will also ...

At Wednesday's opening press conference for this year's Venice Film Festival, jury president Alexander Payne declined to answer a question about his personal stance on the crisis in Gaza, saying he ...

The two-time Oscar winner screened 2017's 'Downsizing' on the Lido. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Payne will oversee the jury of film professionals that picks the Golden Lion for best film ...

The film will be Payne's first European film in the Danish-language and will be filmed in Denmark in early 2026. Alexander Payne‘s next film has been acquired by Searchlight Pictures for worldwide ...