Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast

By: Allison Radomski & John Roberts
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  • In "Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast," a filmmaker and a film studies scholar (who also happen to be married to each other) dig into the unforgettable films directed by John Cassavetes. Allison Radomski and John Roberts will unpack one movie per episode, so listen along and enjoy the conversations as they try to analyze some of the most beautiful, haunting, and downright complicated films ever made. Welcome to Love Streams!
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  • Episode 6: SHADOWS (1959)
    Aug 16 2024

    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!

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    4 hrs and 29 mins
  • A Brief Word: Thank you, Gena
    Aug 15 2024

    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.

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    6 mins
  • Episode 5: FACES (1968), Part 2
    Jun 15 2024

    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.

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    2 hrs and 19 mins

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A lovely podcast and cinephile’s dream

Both hosts are knowledgeable and insightful, with a working relationship not dissimilar to Gena and John. Mostly in that they’re married and work together in and around film. Anyways, can’t wait for the rest. Please keep ‘em coming!

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