Paper Tiger (2026)
Director: James Gray Run Time: 115 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Adam Driver, Gavin Goudey, Miles Teller, Roman Engel, Scarlett Johansson
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
Two brothers become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navigate their way through the dangerous world of the Russian mafia, family bonds begin to fray with life-altering consequences.
Paper Tiger (2026) premiered in the main competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.



About the filmmaker:
James Gray is an acclaimed American film director and screenwriter. In 1994, he debuted his first feature film, Little Odessa (1994), at the Venice Film Festival, where it won a Silver Lion. Since then, he has crafted eight features, six of which competed for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival: The Yards (2000), We Own the Night (2007), Two Lovers (2008), The Immigrant (2013), Armageddon Time (2022), and Paper Tiger (2026). His sci-fi Ad Astra (2019) premiered at the Venice Film Festival, and The Lost City of Z (2016) was the closing-night selection at the New York Film Festival.
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