Scenes from James Gray's Two Lovers which showed in competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2008.
James Gray, director of the film Two Lovers, which premiered at Cannes, discusses the concept of love with relation to his film, which premiered at Cannes 2008.
The film: Premiering in Competition, Two Lovers by James Gray is the third film the American director has brought to Cannes, eight years after The Yards and one year after We Own the Night. Set in Brooklyn, it stars Joaquin Phoenix, a frequent presence in Gray's films, playing a man named Leonard Kraditor who has returned to live with his family after a traumatic romantic disappointment. There, he meets two women: Michelle, the new neighbor, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, and Sandra, the daughte...
American director James Gray’s “Two Lovers” premiered in Cannes Monday evening.Gray, and the film’s actors Gwyneth Paltrow and Vanessa Shaw walked the Red Carpet together. Actor Joaquin Phoenix also starred in the film, but was not present.Premiering in Competition, Two Lovers by James Gray is the third film the American director has brought to Cannes, eight years after The Yards and one year after We Own the Night. Set in Brooklyn, it stars Joaquin Phoenix, a frequent presence in Gray's...
Wednesday, October 17---------In this busy theatrical film season, as many as a dozen films premiere every Friday at local multiplexes. Many films that would benefit from a slow build up and the essential qualities of "word of mouth" fail to ignite fire on their intial weekend openings and often disappear without a trace in a scant week or two. In the ferocious environment of theatrical distribution, if one's opening weekend is below expectations, the results can be disasterous. Di...
Sept ans après The Yards, présenté en Compétition, l’Américain James Gray revient sur la Croisette pour défendre les chances de son troisième long métrage, La Nuit nous Appartient. L’action du film se situe dans les années 80, à New York. Fils d’une famille de policiers (Mark Wahlberg et Robert Duvall), Bobby ((Joaquin Phoenix), le patron d’une boîte de nuit financée avec l’argent de la mafia russe, cache ses origines à ses associés. Alors que les autorités lancent une o...
Seven years after The Yards, presented in Competition, American director James Gray is back on the Croisette competing a third time for a chance at the Palme d’Or with We Own the Night. The action is set in NY in the 80s. NYPD officers and father & son (Robert Duvall and Mark Wahlberg) are caught up in a crime drama with a Russian gangster (Joaquin Phoenix) operating out of his nightclub. The assault is launched against organized crime and drug trafficking and the young police officer must...
Trailer from James Gray's We Own the Night, premiering Friday, May 25th at Cannes 2007.
