In the Grand Théâtre Lumière at Cannes, director James Gray offered his latest film to the world, and the world answered with ten unbroken minutes of applause. 'Paper Tiger,' a tender thriller uniting Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver for the first time since 'Marriage Story,' arrived not merely as a premiere but as a kind of reckoning — proof that cinema, when it works, still commands a room into silence and then into standing. The festival moment, fleeting and concentrated as it is, has set something larger in motion.
James Gray's 'Paper Tiger' Earns 10-Minute Standing Ovation at Cannes Premiere
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