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James Gray - news / articles


  • Gray slams Phoenix's rap career - 28 March 2009
    -Two Lovers director James Gray has hit out at the film's star Joaquin Phoenix - insisting the actor is "making a fool of himself" by launching a rap career.- -Phoenix recently announced he has quit acting in order to become a hip-hop-star and has since made a strin


  • Gray credits Phoenix with saving Two Lovers - 13 February 2009
    -Filmmaker James Gray pinned all hope of getting his new film Two Lovers a big-screen release on Joaquin Phoenix - because if the retiring actor had turned down the main part, the movie would never have been made.- -The director, who has previously worked with Phoen

James Gray - what members say


  • We Own the Night
  • We Own the Night review by bpos from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars overhyped 16 July 2008
    ...t on the level of Battleship Earth, but bad enough for me to note the director (James Gray) so that I can remind myself not to bother with his other work. I note that hi...   Read customer review
  • Two Lovers
  • Two Lovers review by McClennan from St Helens
    Rated - 4.0 stars Tom Charity's review above is spot on 23 December 2009
    ...few of them have much to work with. The real sparkle in the film though is James Gray's direction. I was not impressed by his We Own The Night, which bored me with ...   Read customer review

James Gray - filmography


  • Two Lovers on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Joaquin Phoenix,  Gwyneth Paltrow,  Vinessa Shaw
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 10,825 members
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  • Two Lovers - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Isabella Rossellini,  Nick Gillie
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow star in this New York-set romantic drama. Aspiring photographer and lonely introvert Leonard (Phoenix) has moved back into his parents' home following a recent heartbreak. His concerned parents try to set him up with Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), the sweet and caring ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,301 member
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  • We Own The Night - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Alex Veadov,  Mark Wahlberg,  Eva Mendes
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert Duvall and Mark Wahlberg. Bobby Green (Phoenix) has forsaken his name to escape his family and their tradition in law enforcement to pursue his ambitions as a Brooklyn nightclub owner. As he turns a blind eye to the drug dealing all around him, he comes ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 136 members
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  • The Yards on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Steve Lawrence,  James Caan,  Faye Dunaway
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg) is fresh out of prison and keen to put his life in order. Returning to the bosom of his family, he manages to get a job with his influential uncle Frank (James Caan), and is also reunited with his best friend Willy (Joaquin Phoenix) and Willy's girlfriend Erica (Charlize ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 2,249 members
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  • Little Odessa (1994)
    Starring: Tim Roth,  Moira Kelly,  Maximilian Schell
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Joshua (Tim Roth) works as a hitman for the Russian mafia, and has cut all ties with his past. However, when he is ordered to assassinate an Iranian jeweller in his hometown of Brighton Beach, New York, he is forced to return to his forgotten roots. Reluctantly, he becomes entangled with the family ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 49 members
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James Gray facts

5 most recent films

Two Lovers - 2.5 stars
Two Lovers - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
We Own the Night - 3.5 stars
We Own The Night - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Yards - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

We Own the Night - 3.5 stars
We Own The Night - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Little Odessa - 3.0 stars
The Yards - 3.0 stars
Two Lovers - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Two Lovers - 2.5 stars
Two Lovers - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Yards - 3.0 stars
Little Odessa - 3.0 stars
We Own The Night - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Joaquin Phoenix - 10 times - show films
Vinessa Shaw - 5 times - show films
Elias Koteas - 5 times - show films
Nick Gillie - 5 times - show films
Mark Wahlberg - 5 times - show films