Joaquin Phoenix

Directors' plea boosts festival pick

source: The Australian

 Australia THE director of Two Lovers, James Gray, has made three films with Joaquin Phoenix: The Yards, We Own the Night and Two Lovers. Yet even he is at a loss to determine what Phoenix's meltdown or put-on as rapper is about. "I say this with all honesty but ...

Published Tue, Jun 9

Two Lovers

source: GreenCine

 CA The third screen outing for writer/director James Gray and actor Joaquin Phoenix following We Own the Night and The Yards, Two Lovers co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, and Vinessa Shaw. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide.

Published Mon, Jun 8

Uptown Magazine - Winnipeg's Online Source for Arts, Entertainment ...

source: Uptown

 Canada With a loose trilogy behind him (1994's Little Odessa, 2000's The Yards, and 2007's We Own the Night), Gray tackles Two Lovers, his third film with actor Joaquin Phoenix. It's ostensibly about love and obsession, but that's like saying The Godfather is ...

Published Fri, May 1

The Man Who Understands Joaquin Phoenix

source: See Magazine

The film was directed and co-written by James Gray, who has four films to his credit, three of them — The Yards, We Own the Night, and now Two Lovers — starring Joaquin Phoenix. It's one of the great unsung symbiotic director/actor partnerships in ...

Published Wed, Apr 29

James Gray on Joaquin Phoenix, family

source: Montreal Mirror

 Canada by MARK SLUTSKY With no Russian mobsters, corrupt officials or hard-nosed cops, Two Lovers seems at first blush like a departure for director James Gray, whose three previous films (Little Odessa, The Yards and We Own the Night) have all hinged on some ...

Published Thu, Apr 2

What's Next For Joaquin Phoenix?

source: FemaleFirst.co.uk

 UK He went on to appear U-Turn, The Yards, 8mm and Quills as he tried to rebuild the acting career he had left behind in 1993. And it was to be his role as Commodus in Ridley Scott's Gladiator that was to turn his entire career around. ...

Published Fri, Mar 27

Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella ...

source: Northern Echo

 UK FROM the director of The Yards and We Own The Night, James Gray, comes a drama about Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix) as he moves back home following an unhappy engagement and suicide attempt. Leonard’s parents (Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov) are ...

Published Thu, Mar 26

Joaquin: his highs and lows

source: Arizona Daily Star

He not only landed a best-supporting-actor Oscar nomination as cruel, incest-minded general Commodus, he earned indie cred with strong small roles in "Quills" and "The Yards." Low: "The Village" (2004) — Instead of riding the M. Night Shyamalan gravy ...

Published Thu, Mar 26