'Paper Tiger' Review: Adam Driver in James Gray's Bruising Drama - The Hollywood Reporter

James Gray's Paper Tiger is a bruising, semi-fictionalized drama starring Adam Driver that returns to the director’s mid-1980s Queens family life and recounts a terrifying brush with the Russian mob. The film is framed with a sense of Greek tragedy and follows Gray’s autobiographical approach after his previous work, delivering a tense, intimate portrait of violence and familial consequence. At its Cannes premiere the film earned a seven-minute standing ovation, highlighting strong festival momentum; the actor has also recently faced public scrutiny after Lena Dunham’s memoir alleged she witnessed violent behavior by him, to which Driver offered a brief, cheeky response.