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Wall Street Journal
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
The Potent Partnership of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands
Moviemaking is inherently collaborative. Consider the films that the writer-director John Cassavetes and the actress Gena Rowlands made together from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Their work is so inextricably linked that one can forget each made pictures without the other. Their connection derives in large part from their real-life marriage, which lasted from 1954 until his death at age 59 in 1989, but also because Cassavetes wrote parts especially for his wife. Rowlands died last August, at age 94, and now, from May 2 through 14, the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, Calif., is honoring their creative union by screening the six films he wrote and directed that starred her. But one needn't live in the Bay Area to see most of them, as the bulk are available on disc from the Criterion Collection, via various rent-or-purchase apps or streaming on the Criterion Channel.
San Francisco Chronicle
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
BAMPFA Art and Film Benefit honoring Cheryl Dunye and Trevor Paglen
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive will pay tribute to Cheryl Dunye and Trevor Paglen, two singular visionaries in the fields of art and film at its 2025 Art and Film Benefit. Proceeds from the gala support the full scope of BAMPFA's mission, with focus on the museum's student engagement programs. 'With their groundbreaking work and strong ties to the Bay Area, we are thrilled to recognize Cheryl Dunye and Trevor Paglen this year,' said BAMPFA's Executive Director, Julie Rodrigues Widholm. 'Both of these important artists make visible what has historically been invisible which truly changes the way we see the world around us.' This year's Art and Film Benefit will highlight the impact of attendees' charitable giving on supporting the student experience at BAMPFA. BAMPFA has a deep commitment to serving UC Berkeley students through educational, programmatic, and professional development opportunities—including its work study program, the largest of its kind on the Berkeley campus. Members of the BAMPFA Student Committee—a student-led organization dedicated to advancing the museum's mission—are invited to attend the gala, and a representative from the Student Committee will be featured in the event's speaking program.
