Peter Falk Articles
HUSBANDS Review Pt.2: Too Much Testosterone in Place of Intelligence
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 [...]
HUSBANDS Review: John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk
HUSBANDS (1970) Direction & 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 "moments," like Shadows, A Woman Under [...]
Elizabeth Taylor, Farley Granger, Jane Russell, Peter Falk, Sidney Lumet: TCM Remembers 2011
"TCM Remembers 2011" is out. Remembered by Turner Classic Movies are many of those in the film world who left us this past year. As always, this latest "TCM Remembers" entry is a classy, immensely moving compilation. The haunting background song is "Before You Go," by OK Sweetheart. Among those featured in "TCM Remembers 2011" are Farley Granger, the star of Luchino Visconti's Senso and [...]
A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE Review Pt.2: Gena Rowlands Madness Unconvincing
Gena Rowlands in John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE Review Pt.1 Eventually, Mabel's eccentricities — her chattiness, her nervous ticks, her habit of talking to herself — 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 [...]