‘Armageddon Time’: Schoolyards, antisemitism, and the shaping of a life
by Peter Rainer
Oct 27, 2022
2 minutes
James Gray, one of the best and most undervalued writer-directors of his generation, has made his first “personal” movie.
The semi-autobiographical “Armageddon Time” takes place in 1980 in the New York City borough of Queens, and follows 11-year-old Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) as he attempts to navigate the tumultuous travails of school and his close-knit Jewish family. Unlike most movies that draw on a director’s life, “Armageddon Time” is
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