WE OWN THE NIGHT

James Gray’s *We Own the Night* is a 2007 police drama set amid New York’s nightclub and criminal underworld. Joaquin Phoenix plays a club manager whose life becomes entangled with gangsters, forcing him to choose between them and his NYPD family after mob violence strikes close to home. The film is part of the Philadelphia Film Society’s James Gray Director Series, a retrospective celebrating Gray’s career of intense, New York-set dramas, many drawing on his family history in Queens.

When: November 14 and November 22

Showtimes: November 14 at 4:30 PM; November 22 at 1:00 PM

Venue: Philadelphia Film Society East

Director: James Gray

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, and Eva Mendes

Run time: 117 minutes

Release: 2007

Genre: Drama

Rating: R

Languages: English, Russian, and Spanish

Series: Philadelphia Film Society’s James Gray Director Series

Category: Curated

Tickets: Price not available

All dates: Nov 14 at 4:30 PM · Nov 22 at 1:00 PM