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Actor-turned-director Nick Cassavetes is on solid ground, and familiar terrain, with "My Sister's Keeper." The three-hankie weepy, based on the bestselling novel by Jodi Picoult, is very much in line with Cassavetes' previous melodramas "John Q," with Denzel Washington as the determined father of a young boy who needs a transplant; and "The ...

Nick Cassavetes remains an interesting case study. After years spent toiling as an actor in forgettable, masochistic, basic-cable fare like Sins of the Night or the third Delta Force movie -- you know, the one with Mike Norris, not Chuck Norris -- the tattooed New York native with the prestigious bloodline is now carving a niche behind the camera ...

No one could accuse director Nick Cassavetes of reluctance to trade on his father's name.

Real men do shed tears. That's the conclusion one gets from sitting down with Nick Cassavetes, the 6-foot-6-inch, square-jawed, mustachioed, multi-tattooed film director who was so wild and belligerent as a kid that his mother -- actress Gena Rowlands -- gave him a suitcase for his 16th birthday so he could pack up and move out.

She's 79. Miss Rowlands has been nominated for the best actress Oscar twice - A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria .

Director Nick Cassavetes knows a little about making movies that elicit an emotional reaction.

Crazy In Love : Monday, 19:30, TCM Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand and Gena Rowlands play in this fine drama about a family of women who have suffered through the infidelities of their partners.

QUESTION: Please supply the title of the movie where a woman who is a hired killer has her life turned upside down when she gets involved with a little boy.

Everyone gathered at Tosca Cafe on Sunday seemed under the influence of silver screen stardust as they awaited the arrival of film star Gena Rowlands .

Mabel has a rare calm moment in A Woman Under the Influence . The first weekend of the 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival produced a cheerful, if windblown, bottleneck along Post between Fillmore and Webster.

In Hollywood, "recycle, reduce and reuse" takes on a whole new meaning. "My shoes are old Prada," said Roseanna Arquette at the Natural Resources Defense Council's 20th anniversary gala.

Please supply the title of the movie where a woman who is a hired killer has her life turned upside down when she gets involved with a little boy.

You can add James Franco to the list of Criterion's most ardent fans. This month, the actor, seen left in a photo recalling My Own Private Idaho, taken by Gus Van Sant in Oregon in fall 2008, has contributed to our ongoing collection of Criterion top ten lists.

Lush is a perfect word to describe Gena Rowlands. Such is her screen talent, but she also often plays characters taken to the bottle.

This week, we're ready for our close-up: Faces Not rated, 150 minutes. Coming Tuesday to DVD.

Our review of John Cassavetes: Five Films: Criterion Collection , published November 8th, 2004, is also available.

Early on in John Cassavetes' monumental Faces , a wildly drunk Gena Rowlands comments that John Marley "looks Freudian," even if he doesn't indulge in, nor even believes in, psychiatry.

English for foreign-language dialogue only Dead Man None Special Features: Theatrical trailers Interview with Gena Rowlands Interview with John Hurt Distributor: Optimum Film Specs Certificate: 18 Released: ...

Prolific author Nicholas Sparks has said that he writes dramatic fiction, not romance novels.

Walk past the new Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese monument outside Keyspan Park in Coney Island, and you'll see a moment frozen in time.