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In the last couple of weeks, Hong Chau has received Golden Globe and Screen Actor Guild best supporting actress nominations for her work playing a shrunk-to-5-inches Vietnamese refugee in “Downsizing.

With “Downsizing,” Alexander Payne takes his compassionate social satire into a new realm -- science fiction. But the picture isn’t scary sci-fi or an action-filled adventure. It’s another of Payne’s ...