EVENT, SCREENING
The Holdovers
Wednesday, Jan 10, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Location: Redstone Theater
Part of Alexander Payne and Curators’ Choice 2023
With Alexander Payne in person!
Dir. Alexander Payne. 2023, 133 mins. DCP. With Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa. Giamatti makes a welcome return to Payne-land in a finely etched performance as a curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school who is forced to supervise a handful of boys with nowhere to go over the Christmas holiday break. Through a series of unforeseen adventures, he winds up bonding with one kid in particular, a brainy troublemaker (Sessa), and with the school’s head cook (Randolph), who is in mourning over a recent, devastating loss. With its effortless mix of comedy and pathos, Payne’s acclaimed 1970s-set latest is destined to be a seasonal classic, a film of relatable melancholy and profoundly felt humanity, held together by a trio of superb actors.