James Gray

James Gray: ‘I’m supposed to show you all my vulnerabilities, that’s the reason I do it’

By Hannah Strong

The director of Armageddon Time reflects on how his childhood inspired his deeply affecting drama about societal tensions in 1970s New York.

Armageddon Time

By Hannah Strong

James Gray interrogates his fraught childhood in Regan-era New York City in this masterful, unflinching drama.

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Be a mensch and take a look at the first Armageddon Time trailer, would you?

By Charles Bramesco

Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins, and Jeremy Strong guide one boy's coming-of-age in James Gray's latest.

Armageddon Time – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A young boy navigates family and friendship during a time of social upheaval in James Gray’s tender semi-autobiographical latest.

James Gray to team up with Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Oscar Isaac

By Charles Bramesco

The Ad Astra director is in the early stages of prepping his next feature, Armageddon Time.

The 30 best films of 2019

By Little White Lies

Counting down our favourite feature-length releases from the past 12 months.

James Gray: ‘I was armed with an 800lb gorilla – the movie star’

By Matt Thrift

The Ad Astra director on how Brad Pitt helped him to make the sprawling sci-fi opus he had inside his head.

Ad Astra

By David Jenkins

James Gray hits the jackpot by sending a never-better Brad Pitt on a voyage of discovery to the outer edges of the solar system.

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Ad Astra – first look review

By David Jenkins

Apocalypse Now in space, and so much more. A sad sci-fi for the ages, and finally proof that James Gray has got the right stuff.

Ad Astra and Marriage Story to premiere at the 76th Venice Film Festival

By David Jenkins

James Gray and Noah Baumbach will be joined on the Lido by Steven Soderbergh, Roy Andersson and Haifaa al-Mansour.

Brad Pitt blasts into space in the first Ad Astra trailer

By Adam Woodward

James Gray’s upcoming sci-fi centres on an extraterrestrial mystery that threatens the survival of our planet.

25 films we’d like to see at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival

By Adam Woodward

Could these be the directors vying for this year’s Palme d’Or?

60 films to look forward to in 2019 – part 1

By Rory Marsh

The ninth film by Quentin Tarantino and a Leos Carax musical are among our hot tips for the year ahead.

Charlie Hunnam: ‘Modern life is not particularly interesting to me’

By Daniel Schindel

The in-demand actor discusses his recent roles in The Lost City of Z and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

The Lost City of Z

By Matt Thrift

James Gray channels Joseph Conrad in this immaculately-crafted but lacklustre epic.

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The Lost City of Z – first look review

By Matthew Eng

James Gray returns with a deceptively traditional and wondrously transportive cinematic odyssey.

The Immigrant

By David Jenkins

Hopes were sky high for James Gray’s lavish NY period drama, but this one left us cold.

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