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On John Cassavetes’ Minnie and Moskowitz
This is a re-vamped post I resurrected for my Substack. A freebie for all subscribers. I saw it again recently and elaborated on my original thoughts. Outside-Inside: John Cassavetes’ “Minnie and Moskowitz” Thank you so much for stopping … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Movies
Tagged Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Minnie and Moskowitz, newsletter, Seymour Cassel
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R.I.P. Seymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel has died. A John Cassavetes regular, an essential member of that merry band of actor misfits, who followed their own sense of truth with an improvisatory and free-flowing jazz-riff style so impossible to replicate (even though so many … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, RIP
Tagged Faces, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Love Streams, Minnie and Moskowitz, Seymour Cassel
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Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2018
Thanks, everyone, who hangs out here, who likes what I do, whether you’re an Elvis fan, a Supernatural fan, a general cinephile, a book-lover, or just someone who’s been checking in periodically for almost 16 years – WHAT? – I … Continue reading
Posted in James Joyce, Movies, Television
Tagged Anne V. Coates, Burt Reynolds, documentary, Doris Day, Dorothy Malone, Elvis Presley, England, Finnegans Wake, Frank Sinatra, Gena Rowlands, Germany, Gold Diggers of 1933, Grace Kelly, Hal Ashby, Howard Hughes, Ian McEwan, James Cagney, Joan Didion, Joaquin Phoenix, Julie Christie, Mexico, Minnie and Moskowitz, Natalie Portman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Play It As It Lays, Robert Altman, Russia, Sanaa Lathan, South Korea, Supernatural, Warren Beatty, women directors, Woody Allen, year in writing
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On Woody Allen’s Another Woman (1988)
“They said I’d be traumatized when I hit fifty. They were right. I’ll tell you the truth. I haven’t recovered my balance since turning fifty … You suddenly look up and see where you are.” – Marion in “Another Woman” … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, drama, Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Ingmar Bergman, Minnie and Moskowitz, reviews, Woody Allen
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