Tag Archives: James Gray

in the shadow of Spielberg (film: Armageddon Time – JamesGray, 2022)

Director James Gray has a diverse filmography, in which films from very different genres are represented. I confess that I have not been excited by any of his films so far. Among his previous films, the ones that I found … Continue reading

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melodramatic immigration story (The Immigrant: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix – 2013)

Director James Gray returns in his 2013 production of The Immigrant to one of his recurrent themes – the one that made him known in the first long feature film he made Little Odessa – immigration, and to his preferred … Continue reading

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Back to the 80s (Film: We Own the Night – Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, 2007)

There is a strong feeling of deja vu planning on the viewers of We Own the Night (the slogan of the NYPD in the 80s, while fighting for the control of the streets of the Big Apple at night). The … Continue reading

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