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By Tony A (95) on 24 Apr 2012

Grim as it gets. I was interested for a while but so much time is void of anything but the grimness you just can't be bothered by the end…

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By Rick P (221) on 25 Mar 2012

Perhaps the greatest, most accurate delineation of masculinity and how paralyzing it can be…

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By Holly R (220) on 18 Mar 2012

I'm such a Cassavetes fan, I'm not sure how I hadn't seen this one yet... In any event, it's great, of course…

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By Sean G (809) on 08 Mar 2012

I am amazing. It's basically neo-noir meets the gangster genre…

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By Benjamin W (694) on 03 Mar 2012

A film with no score, way too many close-ups, and hardly enough lighting to see what's going on ends up being a very awkward film to watch…

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By Jens T (504) on 01 Sep 2011

So smooth and stylish, Cassavetes makes this movie look so good and makes directing look easy…

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By Peter F (998) on 22 Jul 2011

After several successful flirts with melodrama, Cassavetes made his first attempt at L.A.-based noir and it's quite a treat…

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By Masorad ( (274) on 18 Jul 2011

Cassavetes does a character study, then playfully deconstructs the idea of character in an off-hand backstage confab…

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By Senor C (647) on 04 May 2011

This is one of the best films I've ever seen…

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By John C (2,737) on 26 Mar 2011

The original 1976 version is a low key masterpiece, a wonderful character drama about a loser with a dream…

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By Harim K (87) on 28 Feb 2011

Stark and warm at the same time... he may be dumb but he's no fool…

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By Tiziano H (7) on 10 Feb 2011

The 1978 directors cut at 108 minutes is the version to see…

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By John H (1,894) on 30 Jan 2011

Super cool noir flick by Cassavetes this time out, a little long and meandering again, but so cool…

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By Jack G (1,167) on 28 Jan 2011

Killing of a Chinese Bookie is, from time to time, not easy to sit through…

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By Gregory C (271) on 15 Dec 2010

I watched the 1978 cut this time. it's much shorter and very different from the 1976 cut in the way it moves…

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By Smiley A (6) on 13 Dec 2010

Cassavetes as a director is an acquired taste; the Campari of movie-makers…

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By Art S (1,002) on 21 Nov 2010

Cassavetes' best movie IMO. It doesn't hurt that Scorsese helped conceive it. Ben Gazzara's best performance, too…

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By Fazeo F (11) on 07 Oct 2010

This brlliant film about a stripclub owner who goes in debt to the mob had my attention captured from the first frame…

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By Brandon S (2,121) on 15 Aug 2010

It's been said of John Cassavetes' films, You can't just sit back and eat popcorn! So true…

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By Al M (1,263) on 02 Aug 2010

This movie is all about the filler between the brief moments of action…

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