Every great screen performance expands the medium in its own way, giving audiences something to respond to, while offering fresh ideas to future actors. A select few can be said to have redefined the ...

John Cassavetes was a gifted actor who didn't want to act. Uncompromising and irascible, Cassavetes preferred to pour all of his money, sweat and soul into the independent films he directed and wrote, ...

Even by the Criterion Collection's towering standard, the label's eight-disc box set devoted to John Cassavetes is an extraordinary event. Picky fans may carp about what's missing, but "John ...

The celebrated actress was both muse and motor for her husband John Cassavetes — half of an artistic partnership that would help transform American cinema. By Jordan Mintzer In the history of American ...

She delivered vulnerable portraits in movies as varied as “A Woman Under the Influence,” with John Cassavetes, and the drama “The Notebook.” By Esther Zuckerman Gena Rowlands, who died Wednesday at ...