-
-
FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM
Tag Archives: Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands Waiting
Last week was suddenly taken over by a Gena-Rowlands-Frenzy. I hadn’t planned for it or scheduled it into my calendar, but it arrived and I had to make room. This situation was due to being hired to pen the tribute … Continue reading
“Be a Witness”: Gena Rowlands
Near the end of his life, Tennessee Williams had this to say (among other things) about Gena Rowlands. “We have to be witnesses to each other—all of us—but particularly among artists. I know that people understand and respect the concept … Continue reading
Review: A Question of Love: 1978 TV Movie starring Gena Rowlands
Alongside her film career, Gena Rowlands worked constantly in television (and this was true from her earliest days in the 1950s.) Her husband John Cassavetes also worked constantly in television and film, with key roles in (famously), The Dirty Dozen … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, Television
Tagged drama, Gena Rowlands, Ned Beatty, politics, reviews
6 Comments
“I couldn’t get rid of him so I married him.” – Gena Rowlands on John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands. Photo by Sam Shaw They were married from 1954 until his death in 1989.
Another Announcement: Gena Rowlands’ Lifetime Achievement Oscar
It’s Announcement City on my site these days. On November 14, the Oscars hold their separate ceremony for the Lifetime Achievement Award people (this year it’s Gena Rowlands, Spike Lee, and Debbie Reynolds), as well as the Humanitarian Award. Gena … Continue reading
Gena Rowlands to Receive 2015 Governors Award
The announcement just came in that the 2015’s Governor Awards will be going to Gena Rowlands and Spike Lee (what a pairing – although it seems to me Spike Lee is damn young for an Honorary Award. Strange.), and the … Continue reading
Happy 85th to Gena Rowlands, Living Legend
Here’s a brief clip from the video-essay written/narrated by me about the work of Gena Rowlands, included in the special features on the Criterion release of Love Streams. If you haven’t seen this masterpiece yet, what are you waiting for? … Continue reading
Movie Night Last Night: Reveling in Rowlands
“Love is a stream. It’s continuous. It doesn’t stop.” “Oh, no, it does stop.” “Oh, no, it does NOT stop.” — Love Streams, directed by John Cassavetes, 1984 Alex had never seen it. How could she? It hadn’t even been … Continue reading
Year in Review: Shooting My Mouth Off in 2014
I may write some magnum opus in the next two days, you never know, but here are links to some of the things I’ve written in 2014, here and elsewhere. I have worked hard to keep my site an eclectic … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies, Music, Personal
Tagged Alfred Wertheimer, Anna Magnani, Austria, Carroll Baker, Christopher Hitchens, Claude Rains, Eli Wallach, Elvis Presley, Eminem, France, friends, Gena Rowlands, Germany, Harry Potter, Howard Hawks, Inherent Vice, Iran, Iranian film, Israel, Italy, Jafar Panahi, Japan, Jim Jarmusch, Joan Crawford, John Cassavetes, Juliette Binoche, Kristen Wiig, Kwik Stop, Lars von Trier, Lauren Bacall, Lester Bangs, Liv Ullmann, Lon Chaney, Love Streams, Mark Twain, Martin Scorsese, Nicolas Cage, Orpheus Descending, Palestine, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Poland, Richard Linklater, Romania, Russia, Seth Rogen, Seymour Cassel, Somalia, Sudden Fear, Supernatural, Sweden, Tennessee Williams, The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, Tommy Lee Jones, Trotsky, war, year in writing, Zac Efron
14 Comments
