Episode 70: Alexander Payne

Film Junk's very own Frank Knezic joins us to talk about satirist / dramedy director Alexander Payne. We start off by focusing on his debut satire CITIZEN RUTH and then we take a look at his more sentimental look at aging with ABOUT SCHMIDT.  We later expand upon some more of his other films as well including ELECTION and SIDEWAYS.  In addition, Jim takes a look at the "new golden age of television" with a brief mention of THE AMERICANS, THE BACHELOR, and more!  Frank rewatches QUICK CHANGE & NOTHING BUT TROUBLE, while Patrick does a lightning round to catch up on all the various films he's seen in the past few weeks.0:00 - 13:00 - Intro / In-house Business13:01 - 14:13 -  What We Watched Song14:14 - 51:51 -  What We Watched This Week51:52 - 52:34 -  Director Song52:35 - 2:20:10 -  Alexander Payne Discussion2:20:11 - 2:28:21 -  Top 3 Films / OutroIn about two weeks, Andrew James of RowThree.com and the Cinecast Podcast, will join us to talk about REPULSION and CHINATOWN from director Roman Polanski. Please be sure to leave us a voicemail to play on the show as well at 224-366-9528. If you’re a movie blogger/podcaster and would like a guest spot on the show to talk about a filmmaker whose work you admire. Thanks again for listening and be sure to check out our updated upcoming schedule in the sidebar to see which directors we’ll be talking about soon! Questions are always welcome via email: [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit directorsclub.substack.com/subscribe