News Summary

• James Gray makes the kind of movie that people like to say doesn’t exist anymore: the mid-budget drama for adults.
• He’s one of the last holdouts of the New Hollywood tradition, turning out layered personal films in the vein of Francis Ford Coppola or Sydney Lumet.
• His latest, Paper Tiger, returns to that ground.
• With its lush sets and amber glow, the film feels like a half-remembered dream as the American way of life circles the drain.