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Tag Archives: John Cassavetes
Love Streams: Now Available
John Cassavetes’ Love Streams is now available for purchase, either from the Criterion site, or on Amazon, or Target.com, or wherever else. It’s release day! It’s an exciting day, even with the sad news of Robin Williams’ death. A video-essay, … Continue reading
This Tuesday: Criterion’s Release of Love Streams
August 12 is the release date of John Cassavetes’ Love Streams. My video-essay on the genius acting of Gena Rowlands will be included in the special features. Available for pre-order!
“The New Yorker” on the Criterion release of Love Streams
“The movie is a mighty, intimate, kaleidoscopically subjective, bravely self-searching summation of a career, an era, and a life. For decades, it was a rare VHS tape, a treasured occasional revival screening, and, more recently, a covert YouTube treasure. Its … Continue reading
John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands and Love Streams
In a little bit over a month, John Cassavetes’ final film, Love Streams (1984), starring him and his wife/collaborator/muse/genius Gena Rowlands (who just turned 84) will finally be released on DVD, via Criterion, with a video-essay about Gena Rowlands’ acting, … Continue reading
R.I.P. Paul Mazursky
John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands in Paul Mazursky’s “Tempest.” “I seem to have a natural bent toward humor and I seem to make people laugh, but I think there is in me a duality. I like to make people cry … Continue reading
“I’m almost not crazy now.” – Gena Rowlands, Love Streams
It was Gena Rowlands’ 84th birthday on June 19. I was looking online for a trailer of Love Streams (1984), and there was one made although the film was never really properly distributed. But I did find a beautiful trailer … Continue reading
John and Gena
In 1992, Gena Rowlands gave an interview to Gary Indiana for Interview magazine. It was a generous interview, with a gorgeous spread of photographs, many of them taken by the legendary Sam Shaw (who took so many famous photos of … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Directors, Movies, Personal
Tagged Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Love Streams, Opening Night
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Announcement: John Cassavetes’ Love Streams on Criterion
I’ve held back on sharing this news until Criterion made the announcement. John Cassavetes’ 1984 film Love Streams will be one of their August releases, and a video-essay, written and narrated by yours truly, will be included in the special … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Directors, Movies
Tagged drama, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Love Streams
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Gena Rowlands in Opening Night
“So please. Tell me. Tell me what this play doesn’t express.” “Hope.” I had a great time talking with Peter Labuza for his Cinephiliacs podcast, and the final 25 minutes we spend talking about Cassavetes’ Opening Night. You can download … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies
Tagged drama, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Opening Night
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