**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 5 am. ET Sunday, Jan. 7 2024. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Paul Giamatti in New York, Nov. 28, 2023. For his role in “The Holdovers,” set at a prep school not unlike the one he attended, the hyper-literate actor mined his own dormant memories. (Sinna Nasseri/The New York Times)