Intimate Impressions: The Cinema of James Gray

This is the home page for the “book” I wrote about American filmmaker James Gray—a monograph / critical biography, the first of its kind on Gray in English, which was released on this little blog of mine here in nine weekly parts leading up to the American theatrical rollout of Gray’s latest film Armageddon Time (which begins today). It covers Gray’s life and career in as much detail as possible, including in-depth looks at all seven of his previous feature films. Along with an introduction and conclusion, each film has its own chapter—thus: nine parts. 

As each part has its own link, I’m making this post to serve as a kind of table of contents where all of them can be found in one place.

Part 1: an introduction, and on Gray’s student short Cowboys and Angels (1991)

Part 2: on Little Odessa (1994)

Part 3: on The Yards (2000)

Part 4: on We Own the Night (2007)

Part 5: on Two Lovers (2008)

Part 6: on The Immigrant (2013)

Part 7: on The Lost City of Z (2016)

Part 8: on Ad Astra (2019)

Part 9: on Gray’s production of The Marriage of Figaro, and a conclusion

Thank you for reading, and please share with anyone you think would be interested—word of mouth is the only way more people will become aware that this even exists. And although it’s ideally written to be read as a chronological narrative, certainly feel free to dip in wherever you will if you’ve only seen certain films.