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Subgenre Sampler
Opening 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…
Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The (1976)
- 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…
Welcome to L.A. (1976)- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Keith Carradine - A discouraged rock composer finds solace in a number of one–night stands. An arresting, provocative tale of life at the mercy of the…
Woman Under the Influence, A (1974)- 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…
Heat (1972)
- Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro - A great trash drama, this is the most polished production of all the Warhol–esqe features, with a bravura performance from Sylvia Miles. It's…
Private Road (1971)- Dir. Barney Platts-Mills
Feat. Susan Penhaligon, Bruce Robinson, Michael Feast… - The other lost gem from British independent film–maker Barney Platts–Mills, who follows up “Bronco Bullfrog” (1970) with a…
Trash (1970)- Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn - Only the inimitable Joe Dallesandro could play a drug–addicted loser with a sex problem and still come off cool. Holly Woodlawn and other…
Wanda (1970)- Dir. Barbara Loden
Feat. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins - The sole writing/directing credit of Barbara Loden, whose command of verite storytelling is matched by her own astonishing performance as a feckless…
Faces (1968)- 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…
Exiles, The (1961)- Dir. Kent MacKenzie
Feat. Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tommy Reynolds… - Independent drama from great unsung American director Kent MacKenzie. The plot follows a group of Native Americans in the 1950's who have left…
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