#6. James Gray’s Lowlife
Gist: An innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Prediction: There were some rumblings last week that this wouldn’t make the cut for some reason, but we think there’d have to have been some kind of major fallout or disaster to have occurred behind closed doors (who’s doors I do not know) for this to be Gray’s first film since Little Odessa to not play in Cannes’ Main Competition; it’s been finished for at least six months (clip was shown at Telluride), just waiting for mid-May to arrive. Not yet a prize-winner, we also have a hunch that Gray’s losing streak will finally come to an end this year.
