Paper Tiger
James Gray on Broader Takeaways From Personal Film ‘Paper Tiger’: “What Connects Us Is What Matters”
As the crime thriller had its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival, the director spoke about how he hoped the domestic drama's open-ended resolution allows the story to continue for the audience after the credits.
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‘Paper Tiger’ Makes Its Case at NYFF Premiere: “A Labor of Love”
The James Gray film made its North American premiere to a warm reception on Friday evening, standing out as the kind of American indie that’s harder than ever to get made.
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Neon Sets ‘Paper Tiger’ Awards Categories, Plans First Real Push for a James Gray Film (Exclusive)
Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver are among the contenders for Gray's crime-thriller, which premiered at the Cannes Festival in May and will open the New York Film Festival on Friday.
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James Gray Rejects Men Not Being “Allowed to Engage With the Tender Side”
The U.S. auteur, during a Locarno Film Festival reporter roundtable, also explained why his "fantastic wife" and "great kids" are "not very good for drama."
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James Gray Told His Wife He Would Get an Award at Locarno. She Reminded Him to Take Out the Trash
The U.S. auteur also mentioned the Beatles and said, "I have many good films, hopefully, left," as he received the Swiss fest's Career Leopard before an outdoor screening of his 'Paper Tiger.'
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Locarno to Honor James Gray, “the Last Great Novelist of American Cinema,” With Career Leopard
“His films form a rich body of work that echoes the Jewish diaspora, film noir, and Russian as well as North American literature,” says artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro.
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NY Film Festival Sets James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’ as Opening Night Film
The Neon crime drama — starring Adam Driver, Miles Teller and Scarlett Johansson — had its world premiere at Cannes.
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Why Scarlett Johansson Dodged James Gray’s Cannes FaceTime Call
The director went straight to voicemail when he tried to call Johansson during the standing ovation after the Cannes premiere of 'Paper Tiger.'
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‘Paper Tiger’ Review: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller Deliver Big Time in James Gray’s Operatically Intense Crime Drama
The writer-director follows ‘Armageddon Time’ with a semi-fictionalized return to his family life in mid-1980s Queens, New York, this time recounting a terrifying brush with the Russian mob.
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