The Cannes Film Festival really loves James Gray. But do viewers at the Cannes Film Festival really love James Gray‘s new movie, “The Immigrant?”
The answer, judging from the initial reactions coming from the South of France: Yes. And no.
The New York-based filmmaker has only made five movies, none of them commercial hits, but the last four – “The Yards” in 2000, “We Own the Night” in 2007, “Two Lovers” in 2008 and now “The Immigrant” – have all premiered in Cannes.
“The Immigrant” screened on Friday, and one of the first reactions was a tweet from the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Eugene Hernandez.