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Gena Rowlands

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Lonely Are The BraveLonely Are The Brave (1962) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Miller
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau
Kirk Douglas is on top form in this Dalton Trumbo–penned 'psychological' Western, playing an anti–establishment cowboy who purposefully…
Child is Waiting, AChild is Waiting, A (1963)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands
At a school for disabled children music therapist Judy Garland butts heads with the conservative superintendent Burt Lancaster. Film is of note as…
FacesFaces (1968) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin
A marriage in crisis lurches into a downward spiral of drunkeness and desperate affairs. The dishevelled honesty and stark camerawork may not suit…
Minnie and MoskowitzMinnie and Moskowitz (1971)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Seymour Cassel, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes' most accessible film is an unlikely romance between a museum curator and a parking attendant set over four days and nights.…
Ghost Story (TV Series)Ghost Story (TV Series) (Circle of Fear) (1972-1973)
Feat. Sheila Larken , Meg Foster, Don Barry
Horror anthology TV series presented by Sebastian Cabot, who also plays the owner of a mysterious hotel beset by creepy occurrences. Produced by…
Woman Under the Influence, AWoman Under the Influence, A (1974) Recommended
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands
Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands pull out the stops as a dysfunctional working– class couple. Though the drama (and running time) are left…
Two Minute WarningTwo Minute Warning (1976)
Dir. Larry Peerce
Feat. Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam
Questionable Charlton Heston thriller set in a pro–football stadium, where a group of cops must take down a sniper in the crowd before he opens…
Opening NightOpening Night (1977)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara
Intermittently fascinating, semi–improvised opus from Cassavetes (who also stars), about an aging actress (Gena Rowlands) who suffers a…
Brink's Job, TheBrink's Job, The (1977)
Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Peter Falk, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands
In 1950, the Brink’s security firm in Boston was robbed of nearly $3,000,000, in one of the US’ largest ever heists. This version of events…
GloriaGloria (1980)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen
Rowlands is devastating as a gangster moll who runs from the Mob after taking protective custody of a neighbour's son, whose parents have fallen…
Tempest (1982)
Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon
Paradise is found and then lost for John Cassavetes who escapes mid–life crisis and flees to the Greek Isles with his daughter. Loosely based…
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (1982-1985) Recommended
Feat. Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Teri Garr
Shelley Duvall curated this popular Cable TV series in eighties (which she also hosts and narrates), attracting an impressive roll call of Hollywood…
Love StreamsLove Streams (1984)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel
Rarely–seen film by indie iconoclast John Cassavetes, described by some as he at his self–indugent worst, but praised in other quarters…
Another WomanAnother Woman (1988)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Ian Holm
Gena Rowlands heads a cast of Woody Allen regulars in this absorbing Bergman–esque portrait of a successful professor who is forced to reflect…
Once AroundOnce Around (1991)
Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Gena Rowlands
Richard Dreyfuss plays an abrasive, rich braggart who enters into an emotional tug–of–war with the family of fiancee Holly Hunter.
Crazy in LoveCrazy in Love (1992)
Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Holly Hunter, Gena Rowlands
Romantic complications ensue for three generations of women – especially Holly Hunter – whose worries about her 'perfect' husband's…
Something to Talk AboutSomething to Talk About (1995)
Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall
The screenwriter of THELMA AND LOUISE penned this tale of a happily married woman (Julia Roberts) whose life is turned on its head when she discovers…
Neon Bible, TheNeon Bible, The (1995)
Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Denis Leary
Dreamy, Big Band–infused coming–of–age, in which British lyricist Terence Davies transposes his woozy, nostalgia–lensed…
Unhook the StarsUnhook the Stars (1996) Recommended
Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gerard Depardieu
Ageing widow Gena Rowlands forms an unlikely bond with a seven–year old neighbour and his abrasive mother in this absorbing drama, directed…
PauliePaulie (1998)
Dir. John Roberts
Feat. Tony Shalhoub, Gena Rowlands
Another BABE–inspired talking–animal movie, this time recalling the worldly escapades of a wise–cracking exotic parrot.…
Hope FloatsHope Floats (1998)
Dir. Forest Whittaker
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jnr., Gena Rowlands
It's back to the hometown for former prom–queen Sandra Bullock, jilted by her husband and best friend on a live TV talkshow. Here she heals the…
Playing by Heart (1999)
Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson
Ambitious multi–character film along the lines of SHORT CUTS, likewise set in the varying social strata of Los Angeles, but infused with…
Wild IrisWild Iris (2001)
Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Laura Linney, Fred Ward
Superior tele drama that cultivates a convincingly dysfunctional relationship between mother Gena Rowlands and daughter Laura Linney, returning home…
Hysterical BlindnessHysterical Blindness (2002)
Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis, Gena Rowlands
A red–maned Uma Thurman comes to terms with her 'Jersey Girl' existence in this noted telemovie from dir. Mira Nair (MONSOON…
Incredible Mrs Ritchie, TheIncredible Mrs Ritchie, The (2003)
Dir. Paul Johansson
Feat. Gena Rowlands, James Caan, Kevin Zegers
Gena Rowlands stars as greenfingered Mrs Ritchie, a saintly widow who takes a dysfunctional teen rebel into her home with the hope of curbing his…
Broadway: The Golden AgeBroadway: The Golden Age (2003)
Dir. Rick McKay
Feat. Bob Fosse, Carol Channing, Carol Burnett
Comprehensive documentary about America's most celebrated indigenous art form, Broadway theatre, covering an entire century of New York theatre, and…
Taking LivesTaking Lives (2004)
Dir. D. J. Caruso
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland
Expert FBI 'profiler' Jolie is recruited onto a case in deepest Canada involving a serial killer who murders blonde–haired men then assumes…
Notebook, TheNotebook, The (2004) Recommended
Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner
An old–fashioned weepie set in a coastal town in 1940's North Carolina, this nostalgic "woman's picture" finds a sure–footed romantic…
Skeleton KeySkeleton Key (2005)
Dir. Iain Softley
Feat. Kate Hudson, John Hurt, Gena Rowlands
A young woman (Hudson) gets a job caring for a troubled elderly stroke victim (Hurt) in a swampside manor in rural Louisiana, coming to realise there…
Paris, Je T'aimeParis, Je T'aime (Paris, I Love You) (2006) Recommended
Dir. Olivier Assayas, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi
A prestige line–up of actors and filmmakers converge in this grand anthology of love letters to the city of romance. With each vignette…
Broken EnglishBroken English (2007) Recommended
Dir. Zoe Cassavetes
Feat. Parker Posey, Drea De Matteo, Melvil Poupaud
The usually zany Parker Posey searches for love in this supple, melancholic romantic comedy, here playing a Manhattan thirty–something as yet…
Parts Per BillionParts Per Billion (2014)
Dir. Brian Horiuchi
Feat. Frank Langella, Gena Rowlands, Rosario Dawson
The emotional reverberations of an imminent biological disaster are explored in this strained drama focused on three couples coping with the end of…

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