Bette Davis – young and older – is the subject of a Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences centennial tribute. Bette Davis…
All choice entails risk. Thus, John Cassavetes’ artistic choice to structure his films based mostly on improvisation rather than hard scripted dialogue is a decision that can result in great…
A Woman Under the Influence (1974): John Cassavetes’ indie – starring his wife, Gena Rowlands, as a (maybe) mad housewife – is evidence that fiercely independent filmmaking doesn’t necessarily result…
Faces movie: About three years in the making, John Cassavetes’ 1968 dysfunctional marriage drama is both an American independent cinema landmark and an infuriatingly self-indulgent and long-winded demonstration of storytelling…