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 From the opening title cards and credits of Alexander Payne's latest film, The Holdovers, we are instantly transported back in time by presenting a film that is not only set in the 1970s, but feels like a lost gem of the It was the greatest of cinema.  Filmed and presented in 35mm, and paying enormous homage to the great directors who came before him, such as Robert Altman and Hal Ashby, in the opening frames and the construction of its main characters, Payne takes us to a quiet New England town covered by snow blankets. preparing for the upcoming Christmas season in the winter of 1970.  Director: Alexander Payne Writer: David Hemingson Stars: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa Within this town lies an elite, all-boys prep school, housing the brightest young people whose parents can afford them the privilege of attending said institution. This turns them into arrogant, stuck-up rich kids who know that no matter how badly they do in their studies, the prob...