Interview

Special/Visual Effects

VFX Artist Dream Big & Think Small for Downsizing

Writer-director Alexander Payne has won two Academy Awards and 17 more Oscar nominations for films that specialize in low key stories about flawed characters. But unlike Nebraska, The Descendants, About Schmidt and Sideways, his new movie Downsizing (opening Dec. 22) goes high concept: Matt Damon stars as a five-inch human who tries to leave his ...

By  |  November 30, 2017
Matt Damon Dreams Big by Getting Small in 1st Downsizing Trailer

Director Alexander Payne is a master of the biting comedy, having honed his craft in some of the most whip-smart comedies of the past two decades. From 1999’s Election, an absolutely brilliant film about monstrous teenage ambition and monstrous middle-aged mediocrity, to the boozy, woozy Sideways (which cemented Paul Giamatti’s career and marked Thomas Hayden ...

By  |  September 12, 2017