Gena Rowlands Movies

A woman, who had left home 20 years previously under acrimonious circumstances, finds out that she is terminally ill. She returns home and tries to...

A retired woman hires a dance instructor to give her private dance lessons at her home -- one per week for six weeks. What begins as an antagonistic...

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...

Three generations of women live on a small island off the coast of Washington state with their men with whom they have no end of problems.

A troubled teen is given the chance to redeem his criminal debt to society.

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

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....

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.