‘Paper Tiger’ With Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson to Open New York Film Festival

By Clayton Davis

Clayton Davis

Chief Awards Editor

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James Gray’s crime drama “Paper Tiger,” starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller, will make its North American premiere as the opening night film of the 64th New York Film Festival on Sept. 25.

This is Gray’s fourth film to screen at the prestigious festival, following “The Immigrant” (2013) and “Armageddon Time” (2022), both official main selections, and “The Lost City of Z” (2016), which was the closing night film.

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