A middle-aged man staggered out of an ornate wooden door under a red awning, illuminated by a sign in school-bus-yellow overhead that reads “The Hitching Post II, World’s Best BBQ Steaks.” He lurched, ...
“Sideways,” the character comedy that took the wine world by storm, turns 20 this week. Director Alexander Payne says he never could have foreseen its impact — with a Sideways hotel and themed wine ...
Two decades after Alexander Payne’s boozy comedy became a surprise smash hit, its creators — and a host of top sommeliers — marvel at the movie’s lasting influence. By Elycia Rubin Alexander Payne had ...