Faces

Dir. John Cassavetes

USA 1968 | Black & white | 130 mins | Cert 15 | Drama

Cast: Gena Rowlands, John Marley

Cassavetes’ second independent film chronicles the events leading to a marital crisis. Sexual indiscretion, emotional abandon, guilt and recrimination form the peaks and troughs of a surging, seemingly chaotic narrative which feels — thanks to superbly nuanced performances and long takes consisting largely of black and white close-ups — as real as life itself.

— Geoff Andrew

Available on: 35mm