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‘I’m not a commercial director – I’m not even a professional film-maker’: Jim Jarmusch on the seven-year journey to make his new film

The 73-year-old has been at the cutting edge of US independent cinema since the 1980s. As Father Mother Sister Brother opens in the UK, he talks about grief, greed and ‘doing crazy shit’ with Steve Coogan

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Lynne Ramsay on pushing Jennifer Lawrence to the brink in her twisted motherhood drama: ‘I make films my way’

She burst on to the scene with Ratcatcher and terrified audiences with We Need to Talk About Kevin. The Scottish film-maker’s latest stars Hollywood darling Lawrence, but it doesn’t flinch from the dark side of family life

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Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes' former home (and film set) is selling for just under $5 million – it's a masterclass in Hollywood Regency decor

The couple bought their 1940-build in 1963, and this is the first time the preserved, colorful property has hit the market since

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'I was obsessed with Rosemary’s Baby': Apartment 7A screenwriter on how the Paramount Plus horror movie avoided the curse of the movie sequel

TechRadar speaks to Apartment 7A screenwriter about making the prequel to Rosemary's Baby.

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Gena Rowlands obituary

American actor who enjoyed success with the films A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria and The Notebook

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Gena Rowlands death: Danny DeVito, Carrie Coon and Amy Sedaris lead tributes to star

‘Gloria’ actor and three-time Emmy winner is remembered as ‘one of the greats’

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Gena Rowlands: the fiercest, most incandescent star of US indie cinema

Subtle yet tough and fearless, the actor, who has died aged 94, blazed a trail through American movies in the 70s – in particular in close collaboration with her husband John Cassavetes

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Gena Rowlands dead: The Notebook actress twice nominated for an Oscar dies aged 94

Rowlands was directed by her husband John Cassavetes in groundbreaking films such as Faces, Opening Night and A Woman Under the Influence

Evening Standard

Farewell Gena Rowlands, the formidable actress whose characters always seemed to be tipping into madness

Gena Rowlands, who has died at the age of 94, was a highly respected actor, with a fierce, edgy, often emotionally unstable on screen presence. She often played traumatised mothers or mother figures and her characters were often tinged with a brittle abrasiveness.

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Gena Rowlands, star of A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria, dies at 94

The three-time Emmy winner has been celebrated for her vivid portrayals of strong, troubled women, including in 10 films directed by her first husband John Cassavetes

The Guardian - UK

Gena Rowlands dies at 94

Rowlands, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in June, made her film debut in 1958 after a long run in theater

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Gena Rowlands, acting powerhouse and star of movies by her director-husband, John Cassavetes, dies

Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and later charmed audiences in her son’s tear-jerker “The Notebook,” has died

The Independent UK

Gena Rowlands dies: Fans pay tribute to the acting legend and frequent John Cassavetes collaborator

Gena Rowlands has died at the age of 94 after a legendary acting career.

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Gena Rowlands, who played character with Alzheimer's in The Notebook, has disease herself, reveals film's director

The Notebook star Gena Rowlands has been living with Alzheimer’s disease for the past five years, according to her son, director and actor Nick Cassavetes.

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The Notebook actor Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer’s disease, says son

Rowlands, 94, who played an Alzheimer’s patient in son’s 2004 film, is in ‘full dementia’, says Nick Cassavetes

The Independent UK

Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer's, her son Nick Cassavetes says

Celebrated actor and honorary Academy Award recipient Gena Rowlands is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, says her son, the filmmaker Nick Cassavetes

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Opening Night; MJ the Musical – review

Sheridan Smith captivates, if the songs don’t quite, in Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright’s new backstage musical

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Opening Night at the Gielgud Theatre review: even Sheridan Smith can't save this dismally muddled show

This take on John Cassavetes’ 1977 film is unsalvageable

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Brian Elliott obituary

Other lives: Artist who set up a screenprinting department at the Slade School of Fine Art and exhibited his paintings widely

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‘It’s so close to the bone’: Sheridan Smith on her very public meltdown – and reliving it on stage

Eight years after self-doubt, anxiety, alcohol and grief caused her to unravel, the Olivier-winner is now playing an actress trapped in a similar nightmare. She explains how she is taking back control of her ordeal

Evening Standard

Sheridan Smith to appear in new West End production of Opening Night at London's Gielgud Theatre

Rufus Wainwright to provide songs for musical adaption of John Cassavetes film

The Guardian - UK

Sheridan Smith to star in Rufus Wainwright musical Opening Night

Ivo van Hove will direct the West End production based on John Cassavetes’ 1977 film about theatre

The Guardian - UK

Lelia Goldoni obituary

Actor who starred in John Cassavetes’s Shadows and gave Michael Caine the plans for the heist in The Italian Job

The Guardian - UK

Lelia Goldoni, star of John Cassavetes’ Shadows, dies aged 86

Italian American actor won herself iconic status with the 1959 film where she played a woman ‘passing’ as white

The Guardian - UK

‘So many people don’t believe anything – only what makes them money’: Ruth Wilson on being a Hollywood outsider

The Affair star on #MeToo hypocrisy, the violence of cosmetic surgery, and why she steers clear of social media

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