Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne at IFFR

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  Election

  The most ideal pupil in the school wants to be president of the school club. Election is a sneaky metaphor for the American political process, in t

  • bad teenage taste
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  Nebraska

  Pa: I want my prize! Son: there isn’t any prize! Old dad walks onto the motorway, towards his ‘million dollars’. Son sighs and gives hi

  • Spectrum
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  Sideways

  One film stood out in the list of favourites of American critics in 2004: this acid comic yet very human midlife-crisis saga. An amorous and alcoho

  • Time & Tide
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  The Descendants

  A father of two daughters (George Clooney) has to make fundamental decisions. His wife is in a coma; will he let her die? And will he sell his real

  • Spectrum