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FILTER RESULTS ►Check Out Exclusive Stills From The Way, Way Back
Equal parts Little Miss Sunshine and Adventureland, Fox Searchlight's The Way, Way Back marks the directing debut of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, the Oscar-winning writing team behind Alexander Payne's The Descendants. The coming-of-age drama hits theaters on July 5 and, today, ComingSoon.net is pleased to debut three new stills from the film. Show More Summary
Cannes 2013 Review: ‘Nebraska’ Is Another Winner From Alexander Payne
From the old-school Paramount logo that opens the film, it’s clear that Alexander Payne‘s latest has no aspirations to being a hip meditation on the turmoils of modern life in much the same way that his previous film, The Descendants did. Show More Summary
‘Saturday Night Live’ Funnyman Will Forte Plays It Straight in ‘Nebraska’
Will Forte, who won fame as a funnyman on "Saturday Night Live," is winning positive notices for his turn as a straight man in Alexander Payne's Cannes Film Festival movie "Nebraska."
Nebraska (2013 Cannes review)
The first question at the Cannes press conference for Nebraska, the new film from Alexander Payne, was about why the director decided to shoot his comedy-drama in black and white. It’s an understandable query. Studios don’t like black-and-white...Show More Summary
Live in Chicago? Capone has seats to an early screening THE WAY, WAY BACK, with Q&A
Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. I was fortunate enough earlier this week to have seen the great new coming-of-age comedy from the filmmaking team of Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, who won Oscars last year (along with Alexander Payne) for their adaptation of THE DESCENDANTS. Show More Summary
Nebraska: Alexander Payne’s America, Plains and Simple
Europeans created America by landing on the East Coast and moving West, in the process confecting the nation’s near-Biblical legend of Manifest Destiny. (Sorry, Indians.) That hope (or illusion) nourished our indigenous art forms: the picaresque novel and its cinematic equivalent, the road movie. Show More Summary
Hammond On Cannes: Paramount’s ‘Nebraska’ Hits Town As Only Major Studio Movie In Competition
Alexander Payne says he only finished post-production last Friday on his Cannes competition entry, Nebraska which had its press screening this morning and will premiere tonight. Reviews coming in so far are largely mixed to very good. Even...Show More Summary
Alexander Payne's "Nebraska" Is a Minor Film Lacking in Revelations
To paraphrase Beckett: crrrrrrrrritics! You never know what they're going to think. Rather bored and dejected during the projection here in Cannes of Alexander Payne's latest film, I was startled to hear a riotous round of applause at the end...
Cannes: Before You Ask, Here’s Why Alexander Payne Shot Nebraska in Black and White
With Instagram more popular than ever, it should be no surprise that indie movies are embracing the Inkwell filter, too. Newly in theaters is Noah Baumbach’s comedy Frances Ha, which sets Greta Gerwig in contemporary Manhattan but films her in retro black-and-white. And today at Cannes, Alexander Payne premiered his
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Watch a Clip of Alexander Payne’s Cannes-Bound ‘Nebraska’
Alexander Payne, who has gotten that whole black-comedy thing on lock, has a new dramedy headed to Cannes this… Read More
First Look Photo: Bruce Dern and Will Forte in Payne's 'Nebraska'
Take your first look at what is sure to be an Oscar contender later this season, or at least an acclaimed indie sensation. The first officially released photo from Oscar winning writer/director Alexander Payne's new film Nebraska has debuted via USA Today, with a few quotes. Show More Summary
Cannes: FilmNation Secures $50M In New Financing
Glen Basner’s FilmNation Entertainment is headed to Cannes next week with three films in official selection: Alexander Payne’s Nebraska, Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring and J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost. It’s also hitting the Croisette with an infusion of $50M. Show More Summary
First Official Look at Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’
Alexander Payne‘s new film Nebraska stars Bruce Dern as an aging alcoholic who believes he has won a huge prize, and road trips from Billings, Montana to Nebraska in an attempt to collect. His son, played by Will Forte, tags along to keep the old man on course, but the two end up detouring to [...]
Paramount Sets Release Dates For Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ and Platinum Dunes’ ‘Almanac’
Briefly: One highly anticipated awards contender and another highly anticipated genre film have just been given release dates by Paramount Pictures. The awards contender is Alexander Payne‘s follow-up to The Descendants, Nebraska. Starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte as a father and son on a road trip, it’ll be released November 22. The Michael Bay produced, [...]
‘Nebraska’ Film Gets Awards Season Release Date From Paramount
Nebraska, the upcoming film from director Alexander Payne, has been given a November 22 release date from Paramount, just in time for Awards season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The website noted on Friday that Nebraska would pair screen veteran Bruce Dern — or as we like to refer to him, “that ahole that once [...]Show More Summary
Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ To Roll Out For Awards Season; Paramount Also Sets ‘Almanac’ Date
Paramount is priming Alexander Payne’s Nebraska for an awards-season run with a limited rollout starting November 22. The drama starring Bruce Dern as a booze-ridden father on a road trip with his son (Will Forte will be in Competition at Cannes next month. Show More Summary
Cannes Line-Up Includes New Films From the Coen Brothers, Nicolas Winding Refn, Alexander Payne, and Roman Polanski
The lineup for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival was released this morning, and as ever it is a list that represents great promise and potential for the coming year in film. A number of films that we fully expected to see on the list are here: Only God Forgives from Nicolas Winding Refn, Inside Llewyn Davis [...]
Coens, Soderbergh, Coppola, Polanski, and More Highlight 2013 Cannes Slate
New films from the Coen Brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Sofia Coppola, Nicolas Winding Refn, Alexander Payne, Roman Polanski, Claire Denis,… Read More
Coen Brothers, Alexander Payne, Steven Soderbergh Among Cannes Competitors
This morning the Cannes Film Festival announced its official lineup, and it is a star-studded affair. Films up for the main competition this year include the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis, Alexander Payne's Nebraska (Will Forte's going to Cannes!), Nicolas Winding Refn’s Ryan Gosling–starring Only God Forgives, Roman Polanski's Venus in
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Judy Greer Goes Ape for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Vulture recently talked to actress Judy Greer--best known for her role as Kitty on "Arrested Development" and movies like Alexander Payne's The Descendants --and she gave them the scoop that she will be joining Dawn of the Planet ofShow More Summary
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