John Cassavetes Movies

Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making...

For millions of viewers, Peter Falk is Columbo. Despite playing the quintessential blue-collar TV detective of the '70s and '80s, his early career is...

A short film looking behind the scenes at the making of The Dirty Dozen. Showing many scenes being filmed just north of London, the short focuses...

A Woman Watches People.

Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.

Joao is a 50 year old actor who lives with his 72 year old mother, Celina. He spends his time between his work at night as a crossdresser in small...

A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.

The very first full-length documentary on Scorsese offers an invaluable look at how he was perceived by his colleagues, and himself, in 1977....

After professional stickup man Mario Corda is jailed, his young, ambitious partner -- who covets both Corda's life and his wife -- cuts loose,...

A gambler comes out of prison, returns to his old-flame, and finds that she has a teenage son, who begins to believe that the ex-con is his father.

An intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together with her husband, legendary director John Cassavetes...

A gang of outlaw bikers strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a small beach town; let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into...

An historical film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king that united all ancient Greek tribes and led them against the...

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

A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in.

A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.

Get the scoop on the legendary actor-director-New Yorker John Cassavetes straight from the mouth of his friend, peer and co-star Peter Falk (Columbo)...

One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The...

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

A failed private investigator investigates a series of disappearances, and in order to get his way he's even willing to manipulate a grieving mother.