Night On Earth

"...Directed by: Jim Jarmusch. Starring: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Giancarlo Esposito, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Rosie Perez, Isaach De..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Twogether

"...the actors. Nick Cassavetes (son of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands) and Brenda Bakke are good as the Venice,..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Unhook the Stars

"...Directed by: Nick Cassavetes. Starring: Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gerard Depardieu, Jake Lloyd, David Sherrill,..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Notebook

The love sap flows freely in this movie romance told in retrospect.

"...Nick Cassavetes. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden, Sam Shepard and Joan Allen. What..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Skeleton Key

A top-notch cast is mostly wasted in this atmospheric but prosaic hoodoo spooker.

"...Directed by: Iain Softley. Starring: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard and Joy Bryant. A..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playing by Heart

"...Quaid, Ryan Phillippe, Angelina Jolie, Jon Stewart, Gillian Anderson, Gena Rowlands and Sean Connery. Like the Angelenos in Alan..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hope Floats

"...by: Forest Whitaker. Starring: Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman, Michael Paré, Cameron Finley and Kathy..."

May 29, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Neon Bible

"...Directed by: Terence Davis. Starring: Gena Rowlands, Jacob Tierney, Diana Scarwid, Denis O'Leary and Leo..."

July 5, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Anything for John

The making of John Cassavetes' 'Love Streams,' as witnessed by Michael Ventura

"...the director and actor Cassavetes and his wife, actress Gena Rowlands. It was filmed in their home, like many..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

Michael Ventura observes the great John Cassavetes at work on the set of his next-to-last movie Love Streams.

"...later or the wisdom of his wife and collaborator, Gena Rowlands, prevailed. Now all his films are available.)..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Musicians of Behavior

Actors are musicians of behavior

"...the episode titled "Mother's Day." The guest actress was Gena Rowlands, 79 years old, the most original player of..."

May 2, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

John Cassavetes: Five Films

Always popular in Europe and film school, Cassavetes was largely underappreciated in his lifetime and criticized for being boring, terse, and difficult, but these films are fresher than ever

"...he inspired in a family of actors, including wife Gena Rowlands and pals Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, and Peter..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Review by Taylor Holland

On the Edge of the Edge

John Cassavetes

"...playing was unexpected - and John and his wife, Gena Rowlands, were the actors! They spoke the lines he'd..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

Something to Talk About

"...Directed by: Lasse Hallstrom. Starring: Julia Roberts, Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick, Dennis Quaid and Haley Aull. In..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Film Series Schedule

"...MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ (Feb. 10) with Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel. (1971, 114 min.)..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Feature

Broken English

Parker Posey gives a lovely, toned-down performance as Nora Wilder, the single, mid-30s Manhattanite at the heart of this romantic comedy.

"...Cassavetes. Starring: Parker Posey, Melvil Poupad, Drea de Matteo, Gena Rowlands, Justin Theroux, Tim Guinee, Peter Bogdanovich, Bernadette Lafont..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mighty

"...Peter Chelsom. Starring: Sharon Stone, Kieran Culkin, Elden Henson, Gena Rowlands, Harry Dean Stanton, Gillian Anderson, James Gandolfini and..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Devil's Rejects

A viciously entertaining psycho-road-movie-revenge-‘n’-wreckage-romance.

"...of Leslie Easterbrook, here seen channeling something akin to Gena Rowlands on mad, bad biker speed while William Forsythe..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Legacy

"...realms of madness never even approached by the John Cassavetes/Gena Rowlands collaboration. Woman explored society’s reactions to a woman..."

July 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gloria

"...more than a vehicle for its blonde, brassy star. (Gena Rowlands' turn as the title character was less histrionic..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...UNHOOK THE STARS D: Nick Cassavetes; with Gena Rowlands, Gerard Depardieu, Marisa Tomei, Jake Lloyd...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...D: Nick Cassavetes; with Gena Rowlands, Gerard Depardieu, Marisa Tomei, Jake Lloyd...."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...TALK ABOUTD: Lasse Hallstrom; with Julia Roberts, Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick, Dennis Quaid, Haley Aull. In this..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 25 - March 3

"...GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini-born Gena Rowlands is retired now, but she had an award-winning..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Cassavetes on Cassavetes

"...he founded the Variety Arts actors workshop with wife Gena Rowlands, to his frustration with the idea of selling..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Forest Whitaker; with Sandra Bullock, Gena Rowlands, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, Michael Pare...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Letters @ 3AM

Excerpts from Cassavetes Directs, Ventura's forthcoming book about the making of the film Love Streams

"...Jon Voight never quite connecting with the material, while Gena Rowlands played with that same material as a child..."

June 8, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Horror-Drama Jakob's Wife Takes a Look Inside a Tortured Marriage

SXSW world premiere looks at life's second acts

"...great onscreen couples like Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson, Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk, or Jill Clayburgh and Alan..."

March 12, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Subverting Expectations at Fantastic Fest With Ladyworld

Female-fronted film prepares for a #MeToo backlash

"...Simpkins turned in what the director described as "a Gena Rowlands performance ... something completely fresh, which was this..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Nick Cassavetes. Cast: Heather Wahlquist, Sienna Miller, Melanie Griffith, Gena Rowlands, Ray Liotta (U.S. Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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