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Thursday, August 15, 2024

Seminal to the world of Seventies maverick moviemaking: Deceased Artiste Gena Rowlands

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Gena Rowlands was the very heart of John Cassavetes' cinema. She played other great roles on stage, screen, and on TV, but the six films...

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

‘Obsolete’? Not at all. Necessary TV rarities, now on a great YouTube channel

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The "Husbands" host a telethon: Gazzara and Cassavetes standing, Falk in wheelchair (left). At this point it is truly impossible...

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Disc-o-rama: My latest DVD reviews

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Readers of this blog might be unaware that I also review new DVD releases regularly for the Disc Dish website. I'm quite proud of ...

Saturday, August 20, 2011

“Silence is death”: Hangin’ out with John Cassavetes

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The clip below comes from a 1965 documentary included in the French TV series Cineastes de Notre Temps , since French and British critics we...

Monday, July 18, 2011

"This Old Man": Deceased Artiste Peter Falk

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It is an extremely trite cliché that a TV star can “feel like one of the family” to members of the viewing public. If the expression has to ...

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