Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast

Welcome back to "Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast," a show in which a filmmaker and a film studies scholar (who just happened to be married to each other) unpack the movies directed by American director, John Cassavetes.

In this episode, Allison and John unpack Cassavetes' directorial debut, "Shadows" (1959), and dear sweet God, do they talk about a whole heck of a lot! Episode highlights include: the secret longings of the Cassavetes Man; jazz; a perhaps-too-long discussion of experimental cinema; Ray Carney's very hot take on 1950s television; a fun anecdote about how Cassavetes inspired (and also perhaps reviled) the Beats; more jazz; unpacking Cassavetes' own interpretation of "Shadows" (which is slippery as always); activities that are supposed to be sexy but are actually extremely boring; and an extremely long discussion of race. Seriously, there's so much packed into this episode, so take a seat on your most comfortable couch, pull out a Costco-size box of Ritz Crackers and a Costco-size bag of Babybel cheese wheels (this pairing may or may not be what Allison ate for few days while editing), and enjoy this episode!

In this very brief segment, Allison, one of your "Love Streams" co-hosts, shares her short and utterly insufficient sentiments of gratitude for the life and art of Gena Rowlands.

Welcome back to "Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast," a show in which a filmmaker and a film studies scholar (who just happened to be married to each other) unpack the movies directed by American director, John Cassavetes. In this episode, Allison and John dive deep into Cassavetes' 1968 masterpiece, Faces, and boy-oh-boy, is there a lot to discuss! Highlights include: the Red Meat song; Allison's explanation of why she doesn't care much for Easter Eggs (spoiler alert: she sounds like a bit of a jerk); John's pontifications about Cassavetes as a finance filmmaker; venerations of Dorothy Gulliver; how freedom becomes a form of control; how control becomes a form of freedom; even more Diet Pepsi (God help us); the role of real estate in filmmaking; feeling disappointed in your kids; Army shoes; marketing jargon; how capitalism infects your love life; reasons why you should never let yourself run out of cigarettes; and so much more. 

Welcome back to "Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast," where Allison and John (a filmmaker and a film studies scholar who just happened to be married to each other) discuss the films directed by American film director, John Cassavetes. In this episode, John and Allison gear up to watch Cassavetes' 1968 masterpiece, Faces. That means it's time to talk about the context of this film, some bits of production history, as well as John and Allison's words of wisdom for watching this movie. Get ready for lots of singing, dancing, drinking, performing, blustering, corporate glad-handing, Diet Pepsi, marketing jargon, marital jargon, joking that quickly turns into arguing, arguing that quickly turns into joking, and several unforgettable performances, including the often underappreciated performances by Fred Draper and Val Avery. 

In Episode 2 of "Love Streams," Allison and John, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar who are annoyingly married to each other, dive into an incredibly long conversation about Cassavetes' 1970 film, Husbands. Join them as they discuss production history, academic interpretations, how the script was written, vomit, sports, masculinity, (in)appropriate social behavior, grief, strategies for duping distributors, noise, the post-production process, an abusive singing contest, more vomit, and the influence that Husbands has had on subsequent films. Plus, stick around for a very special BONUS QUIZ in which we determine which of the Husbands our co-host, John, really is. What's your guess? Is he an Archie? Or, is he a Gus? Or, God forbid, is he a Harry?! Honestly, this is probably going to be the next great Buzzfeed quiz, and you'll definitely want to be in on it.

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Welcome to "Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast." Over the course of this podcast, we'll be discussing the films directed by John Cassavetes (and we're not necessarily going in chronological order). In this episode, Allison and John, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar who happen to be married to each other (sorry, guys) will dig into the 1976 film, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Get psyched for a genre film that turns all genre conventions upside down! If you're a fan of awkward burlesque shows, incredible phone acting, and tedious driving instructions, you will love this movie, and you'll love this episode.

Who is John Cassavetes? And, why bother talking about the movies he directed? Allison and John, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar who just happen to be married to each other (sorry, guys) are going to dig into these questions and so much more.