Gena Rowlands

11 films on Best Blurays11 in HD

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Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977).

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Opening Night (1977)

Leading role · Director: John Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion is warmer and more lifelike than BFI. See DVDBeaver review for more caps

BFI suffers from Quicktime Gamma Bug

Criterion has better encoding and doesn't have the bug so that's preferable.

Best Audio:

Audio Notes:

BFI looks to be more untouched, not sure about Criterion

4.3

Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

Leading role · Director: John Cassavetes

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.9

Love Streams (1984)

Leading role · Director: John Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

2K transfer, not sure about France

4.2

Gloria (1980)

Leading role · Director: John Cassavetes

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber or Twilight Time?

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray uses same old Sony master

3.8

A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Leading role · Director: John Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray or BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion = BFI, both HD resto: source

4.4

The Skeleton Key (2005)

Leading role · Director: Iain Softley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

Faces (1968)

Leading role · Director: John Cassavetes

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion = BFI

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion = BFI, both HD resto: source

3.9

The Notebook (2004)

Leading role · Director: Nick Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

A Child Is Waiting (1963)

Leading role · Director: John Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.4

Husbands (1970)

Small role · Director: John Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion, 4k transfer

3.8

Shadows (1959)

Small role · Director: John Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Audio Notes:

BFI Blu-ray (slightly)

Best Video:

Criterion = BFI, both HD resto: source

3.7

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