Programmed May 2021

Starring Gena Rowlands

Gena Rowlands forever changed the face of screen acting with her raw emotional realism and immersive approach to performance, which blurred the lines between actor and character to the point of no return. Fearlessly exploring the extreme edges of human relationships and emotion in films like the shattering marital X-ray Faces , harrowing mental-illness drama A Woman Under the Influence , and offbeat thriller Gloria , Rowlands brought a searing psychological intensity and edgy unpredictability to her portrayals of complicated, troubled, fully alive women. Bringing together her landmark collaborations with her husband, the revolutionary independent filmmaker John Cassavetes, alongside a selection of her work before ( Lonely Are the Brave ) and after ( Night on Earth ), this tribute to Rowlands’s artistry is rich with some of the most dynamic performances in all of twentieth-century cinema.