The Holdovers. 2023. Directed by Alexander Payne

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Held on Sat, Dec 9, 2023, 7:00 p.m.

Followed by a conversation with Alexander Payne and writer/producer David Hemingson

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

The Holdovers. 2023. USA. Directed by Alexander Payne. Courtesy Focus Features

For members at the Explore category and above, tickets will become available two weeks before the screening date, starting at 10:30 a.m. Additional tickets will be available to members and the general public one week before the screening date, also at 10:30 a.m. Please note that space is extremely limited and tickets will be in high demand.

The Holdovers. 2023. USA. Directed by Alexander Payne. Screenplay by David Hemingson. With Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph. DCP. Courtesy Focus Features. 133 min.

Family connections, and the lack thereof, are frequently a source of intense feelings around the holidays. For Angus Tully (a revelatory Dominic Sessa), the nightmare of being abandoned in his stuffy boarding school over Christmas break is amplified when he and the other “holdovers” are left in the care of the least popular teacher in school, Paul Hunham. Reuniting with his Sideways director in this 1970s-set heart-warmer, Paul Giamatti plays Hunham as the quintessential curmudgeon—until he and Tully find a way to break down the walls they have built around themselves.

This film accompanies The Contenders 2023.

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