... ways it is, but it has some noir undertones, excellent characters, and nice subtle acting by Stewart and a great supporting cast including Ben Gazarra, Lee Remick, and George C. Scott. Especially cool is the soundtrack, by none other than Duke Ellington. The Duke himself has a cameo appearance as a piano player in a local jazz club ...

... two great actors left to their own devices. Cassavetes's Opening Night (1977) only features Falk in a cameo, but the acrid chemistry between Gena Rowlands and Ben Gazarra, who play an aging, alcoholic actress and her manager, respectively, earn the film a place beside Sunset Boulevard in the canon of celebrity and loss. Remis Auditorium, Museum ...