Why Sideways is Still Alexander Payne’s Finest Vintage Patrick Nabarro January 23, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Alexander Payne, the great satirist of Middle American mores, returns this weekend with his latest ditty of wry social commentary, Downsizing. Often when a filmmaker establishes such a distinctive formula as...
Downsizing – Review Jack Blackwell January 14, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 30/08/17 as part of Venice Film Festival. Alexander Payne returns with a strange, ambitious, and often pummellingly downbeat story. After Norwegian scientists make the...
Hillary’s Hollywood Concession Speech Stephen O'Nion November 9, 2016 Analysis, Features, One Off As I write this, Hillary Clinton is giving her concession speech. It’s gracious, well-meaning, self-effacing and hits the same old marks we hear every four years from the only person who can order 40,000...
