FILMS

From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).  

Official Selection – Telluride Film Festival  

Runner-Up – Audience Award – Toronto International Film Festival  

“Painfully honest and sentimental, the film strikes a delicate balance of melancholy and humor. It’s like a hug for those who could really, really use one.”– Louisa Moore, Screen Zealots  

"It’s the warmest cinematic experience you’ll have all year." – Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post