Gena Rowlands Movies

A young substitute teacher escapes from her drudging everyday life by fantasizing about bizarre parallel realities.

When a lonely ex-New Yorker moves into the home of a rural senior to act as a hospice worker, the two initially couldn't seem to be less alike....

A sinister witch steals the baby of a simple candlemaker and his wife and names her Rapunzel. Determined to keep Rapunzel for herself, the witch...

A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a...

An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and...

Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with...

A depressed woman battles with her mother and abuses alcohol following the suicide of her husband.

Bette Davis is the most disturbing film diva Hollywood has ever seen. Her life and her roles reflect the fractures in the American image of women....

In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent...

During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.

Sarah and Harriet have been best friends since childhood. They married at the same time, had children within the same year and now find themselves...

Filmmaker Michael Ventura follows Cassavetes around as the actor/director labors on his final film, Love Streams.

A documentary featuring interviews with actors Lynn Carlin, Gena Rowlands, and Seymour Cassel, and cinematographer Al Ruban, in which they recall how...

An intimate portrait of actor-writer-director John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to his genius for studying and depicting the human character....

James Benning’s "remake" of John Cassavetes’s Faces (1968) is an unexpected venture into the world of found footage filmmaking. As...

A 10 minute demo reel for a proposed TV series based on the Tony Rome PI movies. With an original score by Jerry Goldsmith.

A mysterious child with magical powers and a great secret, invades the lives of three lonely people who learn to embrace life once again.

Sheila O'Malley's visual essay "Watching Gena Rowlands" rounds out the set by focusing on Rowlands’ collaborations with Cassavetes.