GENA ROWLANDS: FORCE OF NATURE
On August 14th, actress Gena Rowlands passed away at the age of 94. Subtle yet tough and fearless, Gena Rowlands blazed a trail through American movies in the 70s – in particular in close collaboration with her husband John Cassavetes. We honor the legacy of a genuine screen icon with a selection of her greatest performances.
A successful actor before and after her films with Cassavetes, the string of films she made with the actor-turned-director came to define her career. In Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), Gloria (1980) and Love Streams (1984), Rowlands played a series of groundbreaking roles as damaged and yearning women in emotionally committed performances of a kind all too rare in American cinema of the period.