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Review: Armageddon Time (2022)

James Gray’s Armageddon Time captures the pain and regret of nostalgia as well as its longing and warmth.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromNovember 14, 2022Armageddon Time, James Gray, Banks Repeta, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Sell, Tovah Reldshuh, Andrew PolkComment

Review: Ad Astra (2019)

James Gray’s Ad Astra is a stunning example of science-fiction worldbuilding, even if its philosophical view of the cosmos is surprisingly reductive.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 24, 2019Ad Astra, James Gray, Ethan Gross, Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, John Ortiz, Greg Bryk, Loren Dean, Natasha LyonneComment

Review: The Lost City of Z (2017)

A beguiling masterwork from a key American auteur.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 15, 2017Angus Macfadyen, Charlie Hunnam, David Grann, Franco Nero, Ian McDiarmid, James Gray, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, The Lost City of Z, Tom HollandComment

Anton's Year in Movies: 2014

Five moments that didn't work, nine that did, and Anton's top choice for 2014.

FeaturesAnton BergstromJanuary 30, 20152014, 300: Rise of an Empire, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárittu, Best Films of 2014, Best Movie Moments of 2014, Birdman, Bong Joon-ho, Christopher Miller, Christopher Nolan, Colin Firth, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Eva Green, Gone Girl, Graham Moore, Ida, Interstellar, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Gray, Joaquin Phoenix, Magic in the Moonlight, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Keaton, Michael Winterbottom, Morten Tyldum, Neil Patrick Harris, Nightcrawler, Noah, Noam Murro, Pawel Pawlikowski, Phil Lord, Rosamund Pike, Snowpiercer, Steve Coogan, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, The Immigrant, The LEGO Movie, The Prestige, The Trip to Italy, Tom Cruise, Wes Anderson, Will Ferrell, Woody AllenComment

Anders' Top 10 Films of 2014

Anders shares his favourite films of last year.

Aren's Top 10 Films of 2014

Aren lists his favourite movies of the year.

The Immigrant and the "Moral Occult"

Anders explores James Gray's contribution to the long tradition of the melodrama in American film.

Essays, Movies TodayAnders BergstromJuly 25, 20141920s, art house, drama, James Gray, Jeremy Renner, Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, melodrama, moral occult, period piece, The ImmigrantComment