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John Cassavetes

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1955-1962) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, various
Feat. Vera Miles, Ralph Meeker, John Forsythe
Pre–dating THE TWILIGHT ZONE by some years, the Master of Suspense created this iconic television series featuring self–contained tales…
ShadowsShadows (1959)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Lelia Goldoni
Cassavetes' influential debut explores inter–racial relationships with improvised dialogue, gitanes, ray–bans and Charlie Mingus…
John Cassavetes Collection BoxsetJohn Cassavetes Collection Boxset (Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence, Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Opening Night) (1959-1977)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Five–film anthology of John Cassavetes' groundbreaking independent cinema. Includes Charles Kiselyak's lengthy documentary on Cassavetes, A…
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…
Killers, TheKillers, The (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Lee Marvin, Clu Gulager, Angie Dickinson
Transposed into the garish 60s, Ernest Hemingway's famous story is transformed into a harder, more callous exercise in casual violence and sexual…
Dirty Dozen, TheDirty Dozen, The (1967) Recommended
Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
A group of hardened criminals redeem themselves when recruited for a suicide mission during World War 2. An exciting adventure classic.
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.…
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…
Killing of a Chinese Bookie, TheKilling of a Chinese Bookie, The (1976) Recommended
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Ben Gazzara
Cassavetes' most personal film concerns a strip–club owner (Ben Gazzara) who becomes indebted to the mob. An acquired taste for this one as…
Mikey and NickyMikey and Nicky (1976)
Dir. Elaine May
Feat. Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty
Loosely improvised drama, with a wild–eyed John Cassavetes calling on old pal Peter Falk to help escape the Mob. Turns out he may not be such a…
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…
Fury, TheFury, The (1978)
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes
Despite a barmy sci–fi plot concerning telekinetic teenagers being used for military experiments, this Brian de Palma–directed thriller…
Brass TargetBrass Target (1978)
Dir. John Hough
Feat. Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn
A classic 70's all–star cast feature in this post–World War II suspense film that suggests that the German automobile crash involving…
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…
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…
Big TroubleBig Trouble (1985)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Charles Durning
Cassavette's final film is far from a fitting finale to the iconoclast's career, but its not without its charms. Arkin plays a besieged insurance…

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