Alexander Payne

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q313566: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Holdovers, which Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Sideways (2004); Nebraska (2013); The Holdovers (2023).

Draws on

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What the speakers said they did

Directing (4) everyone in directing

director, The Holdovers (The Big Picture, Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott)
director, The Holdovers (The Big Picture, Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes!)
director (regraded to black and white), Nebraska (Blank Check — Patreon, Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free))
director, Sideways (Blank Check — Patreon, In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free))

Other (1) everyone in other

filmmaker who loves sweeping historical dramas, none (The Big Picture, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding)

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

career (career-recognition vote): The Holdovers → Alexander Payne. Voters may nominate Payne because they see The Holdovers as the last great Alexander Payne movie, a miracle they do not make anymore.
“this is the last great Alexander Payne movie or something, that's sort of like we gotta, we gotta get him his thing that he deserves.”
The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:47:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
career (career shift): Alexander Payne → Yorgos Lanthimos. A host is a fan of both directors and felt both The Holdovers and Poor Things were shifts away from what she loved.
“these movies felt like shifts that I didn't vibe with as much, ultimately.”
The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:43:02 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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