Can “Downsizing,” which debuted to great acclaim at the Venice film festival, make a dent in this year’s Oscar derby? At the helm is writer/director Alexander Payne who is one of the most reliable ...

Imagine a big star like Matt Damon shrunk down to about 5 inches tall. — -- Imagine a big star like Matt Damon shrunk down to about five inches tall. That’s what happens to his character in the ...

As are many of this year’s movies, Downsizing is imaginative, unique and creative. It’s a journey through the planes of philosophical realization of mankind’s existence rather than a tidy story ...

A Norwegian professor (Rolf Lassgård) achieves a scientific breakthrough in the miniaturisation of living organisms. Since a human shrunk down to 12 centimetres consumes only a fraction of resources, ...

On Tuesday, Alexander Payne’s “Downsizing” opened the 2nd Evia Film Project, in the presence of the two-time Oscar-winning director. The green initiative was launched by the Thessaloniki Film Festival ...

Alexander Payne will shoot his next movie in Omaha a few days this week, and The World-Herald has learned of a few details and locations, including a school, a pizza place and a few blocks in midtown.

EXCLUSIVE: Annapurna Pictures has stepped up to finance and produce the Alexander Payne-directed Downsizing, a film which will go into production in early 2016. It will start production with a killer ...

VENICE, Italy — Matt Damon and the cast of Venice Film Festival opener “Downsizing” lavished praise on director Alexander Payne and his producer and co-writer Jim Taylor on Wednesday at the film’s ...