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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; John Cassavetes</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/john-cassavetes/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>HUSBANDS Review Pt.2: Too Much Testosterone in Place of Intelligence</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-cassavetes-husbands-review/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-cassavetes-husbands-review/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:34:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25344</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes, Husbands HUSBANDS Review Pt.1 John Cassavetes does a terrific acting job with his portrayal of disillusioned diffidence. Peter Falk’s best moment is not in an early famous scene wherein Archie takes off his clothes trying to persuade an American woman to sing better at a bar; instead, Falk shines in Husbands' penultimate scene, after Archie and Gus have left [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-cassavetes-husbands-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HUSBANDS Review: John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/husbands-john-cassavetes-ben-gazzara-peter-falk/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/husbands-john-cassavetes-ben-gazzara-peter-falk/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:32:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25343</guid> <description><![CDATA[HUSBANDS (1970) Direction &#38; Screenplay: John Cassavetes Cast: John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, Jenny Runacre, Jenny Lee Wright Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara in John Cassavetes' Husbands John Cassavetes was a filmmaker who made his independent films in two primary modes: brilliant character-driven masterpieces like Faces, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, and Opening Night, or character-driven mediocrities with &#34;moments,&#34; like Shadows, A Woman Under [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/husbands-john-cassavetes-ben-gazzara-peter-falk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ben Gazzara Dead at 81: ANATOMY OF A MURDER, HUSBANDS, AN EARLY FROST</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ben-gazzara-anatomy-of-a-murder-husbands-an-early-frost/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ben-gazzara-anatomy-of-a-murder-husbands-an-early-frost/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:40:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37068</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ben Gazzara, who was featured on Broadway in the original Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and in movies by the likes of John Cassavetes, Otto Preminger, and Peter Bogdanovich, died earlier today at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital Center as per the New York Times. Gazzara, who had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, was 81. Although Gazzara (the son of Italian immigrants, born Aug. 28, 1930, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ben-gazzara-anatomy-of-a-murder-husbands-an-early-frost/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FACES Review: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Lynn Carlin</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/faces-john-marley-gena-rowlands-seymour-cassel/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/faces-john-marley-gena-rowlands-seymour-cassel/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:37:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36936</guid> <description><![CDATA[FACES Review Pt.1. [Photo: Gena Rowlands as the prostitute Jeannie.] Faces' drama failed to move me not because of either the film's plot, however predictable at times, or conventional set of characters. Faces' chief handicap is director-writer John Cassavetes, who apparently was too enamored of his own anti-Hollywood brilliance to let a mere story and a handful of distraught human beings get in the way [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/faces-john-marley-gena-rowlands-seymour-cassel/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FACES Review: d: John Cassavetes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/faces-john-cassavetes-marley-rowlands/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/faces-john-cassavetes-marley-rowlands/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:34:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/faces-john-cassavetes-marley-rowlands/</guid> <description><![CDATA[FACES (1968) Direction and screenplay: John Cassavetes Cast: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Fred Draper, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery Oscar Movies Gena Rowlands, John Marley, Faces After playing Mia Farrow's husband in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968), John Cassavetes reportedly threw the money he made as an actor into the finishing touches on Faces, a personal project he had begun filming in 1966. Cassavetes [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/faces-john-cassavetes-marley-rowlands/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out Bob Fosse, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1970s-david-lean-bob-fosse/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1970s-david-lean-bob-fosse/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25977</guid> <description><![CDATA[Martin Balsam, Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express, directed by DGA (but not Oscar) nominee Sidney Lumet DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1960s: Odd Men Out Jules Dassin, Federico Fellini, Arthur Penn 1970 DGA David Lean, Ryan's Daughter Bob Rafelson, Five Easy Pieces AMPAS Federico Fellini, Satyricon Ken Russell, Women in Love DGA/AMPAS Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton Robert Altman, MASH Arthur Hiller, Love [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1970s-david-lean-bob-fosse/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE Review Pt.2: Gena Rowlands Madness Unconvincing</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/a-woman-under-the-influence-review-gena-rowlands/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/a-woman-under-the-influence-review-gena-rowlands/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:42:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36121</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gena Rowlands in John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE Review Pt.1 Eventually, Mabel's eccentricities &#8212; her chattiness, her nervous ticks, her habit of talking to herself &#8212; are seen as severe mental problems. Nick's mother (Katherine Cassavetes, the filmmaker's real-life mother), fearing for the safety of her son and grandchildren, wants Mabel sent to a mental institution. Nick eventually [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/a-woman-under-the-influence-review-gena-rowlands/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE Review: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk d: John Cassavetes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/woman-under-the-influence-john-cassavetes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/woman-under-the-influence-john-cassavetes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:40:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/woman-under-the-influence-john-cassavetes/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974) Direction and screenplay: John Cassavetes Cast: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes, Eddie Shaw Oscar Movies Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence Steven Spielberg is a respected film director. Many will even call him an auteur. When you watch a Spielberg film, you know it's a Spielberg film &#8212; or at least [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/woman-under-the-influence-john-cassavetes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Burt Lancaster on TCM: THE LEOPARD, A CHILD IS WAITING, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/burt-lancaster-the-leopard-scorpio-the-killers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/burt-lancaster-the-leopard-scorpio-the-killers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27631</guid> <description><![CDATA[Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, The Leopard Burt Lancaster is Turner Classic Movies' &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; featured star today, August 25. TCM is presenting 11 Burt Lancaster movies, including two premieres: The Leopard and Scorpio. [Burt Lancaster Movie Schedule.] A powerful but hammy leading man who developed into a first-rate mature actor-star in movies such as Luchino Visconti's Conversation Piece and Louis Malle's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/burt-lancaster-the-leopard-scorpio-the-killers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joan Blondell Q&amp;A Pt.4: John Cassavetes&#039; OPENING NIGHT, Transsexualism in THE WOMAN INSIDE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-blondell-opening-night-the-woman-inside/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-blondell-opening-night-the-woman-inside/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:37:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27628</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joan Blondell Q&#038;A Pt.3: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, Condoms and Censorship Though I know that Joan Blondell and Ann Sothern were quite different as performers, they often played no-nonsense, wisecracking dames in lots of programmers &#8212; Blondell at WB, Sothern at RKO and then MGM. Now, Sothern became an A-list player at MGM in the late 1940s, after having been around for more than [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-blondell-opening-night-the-woman-inside/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Peter Falk Dead at 83: COLUMBO, A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-falk-death-columbo-a-woman-under-the-influence/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-falk-death-columbo-a-woman-under-the-influence/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:50:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27308</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter Falk Peter Falk, the two-time Oscar nominee best known for playing television police detective Columbo, died Thursday, June 23, at his Beverly Hills home. Falk, who had been suffering from dementia (apparently a consequence of Alzheimer's disease), was 83. Falk's two Oscar nods, both in the Best Supporting Actor category, came back-to-back in the early '60s: as a cold-blooded hitman in Burt Balaban and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-falk-death-columbo-a-woman-under-the-influence/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BREATHLESS Review Pt.2 &#8211; Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/breathless-review-jean-paul-belmondo-jean-seberg/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/breathless-review-jean-paul-belmondo-jean-seberg/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:24:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26648</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean Seberg in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless BREATHLESS Review Part I Raoul Coutard's black-and-white cinematography and composition is also rather forgettable, looking haphazard, poorly framed, and poorly lit. Again, deliberation and the excuse of &#34;realism&#34; does not make up for the murky end result. Also, unlike true film noir, Coutard makes no great use of the power of black-and-white imagery, be it the grays, or the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/breathless-review-jean-paul-belmondo-jean-seberg/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
