Welcome back at long last to Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast! This is the part where your hosts, Allison and John, slink back into your lives with their tails between their legs. We're sorry, Listenership! After a sudden hiatus, we're back to unpacking the movies of American filmmaker, John Cassavetes, one episode at a time.

Since this episode is way too late, perhaps it's appropriate that we're talking about Too Late Blues (1961) and A Child is Waiting (1963). Join us as we dive into Cassavetes' early studio films, which are seriously way more interesting than most people think. Highlights of this episode include: even more doofy music, the revelatory nature of stage performance, anecdotes about Seymour Cassel hanging out with Judy Garland, ambiguous loserdom, that one time when John Cassavetes did or did not punch Stanley Kramer, codependency, silly toasts, gross cocktails, The Guttermen, and the awesome yet underappreciated performances by Val Avery and Marilyn Clark.

Thanks for hanging in there, Listenership. We're sorry for leaving you in the lurch, and we promise not to do it again. Up next: Minnie and Moskovitz, a love story for the ages!

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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!

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.