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sesiondemadrugada · 4 months

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The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023).

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occasionallyinlovewithmovies · 4 months

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I know a lot has been said about how great "The Holdovers' was and I will not be an exception! What I wanted to stress though is how eloquently crafted the dialogues are. I'm sure the movie will be widely quoted and referenced by many generations to come. I guess it can be studied as an example of a stellar screenplay. However, I decided to compile some of my favorite insults throughout the movies, which are often delivered in a highly educated, classy manner. That stylistic choice in itself makes for absolutely entertaining interactions!

So, here are my top picks:

Well, the movie definitely made me step up my insult game :))

And if you haven't watched it yet, please do it! This is exactly that kind of movie that lingers!

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guillotineman · 4 months

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The Holdovers (2023, dir. Alexander Payne)

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luckydiorxoxo · 2 months

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OSCARS SCANDAL:

Screenwriter Simon Stephenson (‘Luca,’ ‘Paddington 2’) has alleged that David Hemingson's script for Alexander Payne's ‘THE HOLDOVERS’ plagiarizes “line-by-line” from Stephenson's own script, ‘Frisco.’

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panosatthemovies · 3 months

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The Holdovers is an honorable attempt by Alexander Payne to craft a 70s-like character drama, complete with film grain and trembling supers in the trailer, as well as an old-school voice narration. The creators are trying to prove wrong the phrase "They don't make them like they used to", by trying to do exactly that, and they mostly succeed. Because the empty-for-Christmas school setting is quiet and intimate. The acting by Paul Giamatti, as well as newcomer Dominic Tessa, is excellent, supported by Da'vine Joy Randolph. The whole premise is evocative of films you've seen and loved in the past. But you see, the thing is, you feel the template. You sense the cliche. You've seen it all before. Is it a welcome return to that feeling? Yes. Is it successful? Well. For a while, the film is trying to find its rhythm and tonality. The comedy isn't hitting its marks all the time, and the pace is slow. But after the midpoint, the film starts finding its groove. And the relationship between teacher and student produces sparks. We get a great commentary on class, discrimination, and racism, still relevant today, plus an affectionate tale about what teaching is all about. The ending is magnificent. Moving and at just the right tone. Perfect and delicate. Definitely worth your time and reflection. As well as the efforts of Payne, writer David Hemingson, and all involved.

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Trailer: https://youtu.be/AhKLpJmHhIg

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milliondollarbaby87 · 3 months

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The Holdovers (2023) Review

History teacher Paul Hunham must remain on campus over the Christmas holidays at a remote prep school with the holdover students, with just Angus Tully remaining after a few days and Mary Lamb the grieving cook for company, they are about to all find out that sometimes you just get thrown together with the people you really need in those moments. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Continue reading The Holdovers…

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genevieveetguy · 3 months

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. There's nothing new in human experience, Mr. Tully. Each generation thinks it invented debauchery or suffering or rebellion, but man's every impulse and appetite from the disgusting to the sublime is on display right here all around you. So, before you dismiss something as boring or irrelevant, remember, if you truly want to understand the present or yourself, you must begin in the past. You see, history is not simply the study of the past. It is an explanation of the present.

The Holdovers, Alexander Payne (2023)

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moorheadthanyoucanhandle · 6 months

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(CHRISTMAS) BREAK MASTER

Opening this weekend:

The Holdovers--Nobody does bitterness like Paul Giamatti. From his earliest noticeable roles, as "Pig Vomit" in the Howard Stern movie Private Parts or as a pit bull owner on Homicide: Life on the Streets, he made his mark as a vessel of bristling, eye-bugging, impotent rage, and this has carried over into his best lead roles, in American Splendor or Sideways, or even in his miniseries as John Adams.

His seething high dudgeon generally is played for comedy, but even then this great actor brings it a stinging, near-tragic undercurrent; he makes his pained ineffectuality moving. With this latest from Sideways director Alexander Payne, Giamatti gets another vehicle for splenetic, barely-contained fury and defeated disgust. It's one of his best.

The time is 1970; the setting is a blueblood boys' school in Massachusetts. Giamatti plays Paul Hunham, a brilliant, exacting Ancient History teacher. Paul is single and friendless in his personal life; in class he brims with acerbic, sarcastic contempt for his lunkheaded, entitled rich-kid students.

On the eve of Christmas break, Paul gets stuck with a miserable detail: supervising the "holdovers," the handful of students stranded on campus with nowhere to go for the holiday. Perhaps the unhappiest of this unhappy lot is Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa), a bright kid with a troubled past whose Mom has excluded him from her holiday plans with her new husband. Paul's only adult ally is Mary (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), the cafeteria manager and chef, who's in mourning for her son, recently lost in Vietnam.

It likely won't astonish you to learn that as this little group clash, and then get to know each other and their backstories better, bonding and compassion start to develop between them. Working from a script by David Hemingson, Payne shades this process carefully, generating genuine and plausible warmth without slipping into holiday-movie sentiment. Not only is the film set in 1970, Payne seems to be trying for the modest, unassuming style of a Hal Ashby or James Bridges flick of that period, right down to the opening rating card and production company logos (even the movie's trailer was crafted as a throwback to this time).

The Holdovers is perhaps a bit on the poky side; little in the story gives much urgency to the pace. But the actors bring their connections to life. Giamatti's initial bile is highly entertaining and his gradually rising empathy is touching. Tall and tousle-haired, with a look of stricken perplexity on his handsome features, Sessa has a pleasing, callow awkwardness as Angus. Carrie Preston gives the movie a lift in each of her couple of scenes as a sunny-natured school administrator. And as Mary, Randolph steers around any hint of overt pathos, and as a result makes the character heroic.

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geekcavepodcast · 10 months

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The Holdovers Trailer

It is Christmas break at a New England prep school and a bitter instructor is chosen to stay behind to babysit the handful of students with no where to go for the holidays. He eventually forms a bond with one student and the school's head cook, who recently lost her son in Vietnam.

The Holdovers stars Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph. Alexander Payne directs from a screenplay by David Hemingson.

The Holdovers hits select theaters on October 27, 2023, and in theaters everywhere on November 10, 2023.

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larrywilmore · 3 months

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Show don't tell!

Writer/producer David Hemingson & I agree...to bring authenticity, emotion & intimacy to characters & stories for television it's much better to show than tell. Resist that urge to tell more!

Listen to our full conversation on @Spotify

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en-lop-ter · 3 months

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VIDENS: “THE HOLDOVERS”, SABIDURÍA, ESTRABISMO Y ESPLENDOR

“El mundo es decadencia, la vida es percepción”.Demócrito, citado por Marco Aurelio Creo… o más bien tengo la esperanza de que nos acercamos a una época de Renacimiento en el cine, ya saben ese movimiento “contracultural” de volver a los clásicos, a la antigua sabiduría, a las viejas formas que hoy se sienten frescas, revolucionarias. Sin prescindir del circo de los efectos espero nos centremos…

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eltiempoyloeterno · 3 months

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VIDENS: “THE HOLDOVERS”, SABIDURÍA, ESTRABISMO Y ESPLENDOR

“El mundo es decadencia, la vida es percepción”.Demócrito, citado por Marco Aurelio Creo… o más bien tengo la esperanza de que nos acercamos a una época de Renacimiento en el cine, ya saben ese movimiento “contracultural” de volver a los clásicos, a la antigua sabiduría, a las viejas formas que hoy se sienten frescas, revolucionarias. Sin prescindir del circo de los efectos espero nos centremos…

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randomrichards · 5 months

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THE HOLDOVERS:

Grouchy professor

Babysits elite students

Lonely together

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screenzealots · 7 months

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"The Holdovers"

The moody, melancholy undercurrent that can sometimes permeate the holiday season is masterfully expressed in “The Holdovers,” a story that’s brimming with themes of loneliness, grief, and regret. Although this is a film that deals with the absence of family, director Alexander Payne and writer David Hemingson lend just enough wit and brevity to create a well-rounded coming-of-age story that’s…

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#Alexander Payne #Da&039;Vine Joy Randolph #David Hemingson #Dominic Sessa #Paul Giamatti #TIFF

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jontheblogcentric · 2 months

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2023 Oscars Best Picture Review: The Holdovers

From left to right: Dominic Sessa, Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph make for unlikely Christmas guests in The Holdovers. DISCLAIMER: This is from a blog of four reviews I originally posted on March 2, 2024. The original blog will be removed shortly. At first, you’ll wonder if The Holdovers is the right movie for the Christmas Season or a bad movie for the Season. Not every Christmas movie…

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byneddiedingo · 1 month

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Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Paul Giamatti, and Dominic Sessa in The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023)

Cast: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner, Ian Dolley, Jim Kaplan, Michael Provost, Andrew Garman, Naheem Garcia, Gillian Vigman, Tate Donovan. Screenplay: David Hemingson. Cinematography: Eigil Bryld. Production design: Ryan Warren Smith. Film editing: Kevin Tent. Music: Mark Orton.

#The Holdovers #Da'Vine Joy Randolph #Paul Giamatti #Dominic Sessa

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