Film Festivals

2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 10: Gray’s The Immigrant

Published on May 24, 2013

Handsome looking via the the talented Darius Khondji, high-end production value that some are mentioning as The Godfather Part II like, starring muse Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner and a Marion Cotillard who had to learn twenty pages of Polish, James Gray’s The Immigrant, a tale of 1920’s New York and American dream promises to those making the ultimate of sacrifices. You can read the reactions on the twittersphere – of all the filmmakers present in the Main Comp, we could say that body of work from Gray is appreciated by a cult-like clan, depending on who you ask, his filmography arguably contains gems and flaws. Our panel of critics aren’t representative of this decisiveness. Click on the image below for the latest update.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).