By: Gabriel Sherman, Erin Vanderhoof, Radhika Jones, Katey Rich, Kase Wickman, Tara Ariano, Bess Levin, Anthony Breznican, Joe Nocera, Savannah Walsh, Richard Lawson
Director Alexander Payne and cinematographer Eigil Bryld needed a lot of snow, and actors up for the task, to tell the quiet, melancholy story of three people spending Christmas at a New England boarding school.