Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast

Allison Radomski & John Roberts

In "Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast," a filmmaker and a film studies scholar (who also happen to be married to each other) dig into the unforgettable films directed by John Cassavetes. Allison Radomski and John Roberts will unpack one movie per episode, so listen along and enjoy the conversations as they try to analyze some of the most beautiful, haunting, and downright complicated films ever made. Welcome to Love Streams!

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12 episodes
Updated February 15
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February 15 · 2 hr 43 min
Episode 10: OPENING NIGHT (1977)
Welcome back to Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast! In this podcast, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar (who happen to be married to each other) unpack, marvel at, and puzzle over the movies directed by American filmmaker, John Cassavetes, one movie at a time. Dear Listenership: Please know that I (Allison) often take about a million years to edit these episodes because it really does take quite a bit of time to cut our very long recording sessions into a sensible episode. However, on
February 15 · 31 min
Emails I've Never Answered, Volume 1
Remember that one time when you listened to "Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast" and you felt inspired to reach out to the hosts to say hi, but then they never even responded to your email? The nerve of those hosts! What jerks! How annoying! How terrible! But seriously, Listenership, we are so grateful to all of you who have been listening to "Love Streams" over the years, and we're especially grateful to those of you who have reached out to ask questions, recommend new ideas, compliment
Sep 6, 2025 · 3 hr 14 min
Episode 9: A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)
Welcome back to Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast! In this podcast, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar (who happen to be married to each other) unpack, marvel at, and puzzle over the movies directed by American filmmaker, John Cassavetes, one movie at a time. This is it, folks. This is the episode you've been waiting for. It's time to dig into "A Woman Under the Influence," the one Cassavetes film that just about everyone has heard of. If you came to this podcast to hear about just o
Mar 21, 2025 · 1 hr 59 min
Episode 8: MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ (1971)
Welcome back to Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast! In this podcast, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar (who happen to be married to each other) unpack, marvel at, and puzzle over the movies directed by American filmmaker, John Cassavetes, one movie at a time. In this episode, Allison and John discuss "Minnie and Moskowitz," the Cassavetes version of a Hollywood screwball comedy. Episode highlights include: singing, howling, mustaches, Val Avery and Tim Carey (who we love), out-of-con
Jan 31, 2025 · 2 hr 20 min
Episode 7: TOO LATE BLUES (1961) and A CHILD IS WAITING (1963)
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
Aug 16, 2024 · 4 hr 28 min
Episode 6: SHADOWS (1959)
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 experime
Aug 15, 2024 · 6 min
A Brief Word: Thank you, Gena
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.
Jun 15, 2024 · 2 hr 18 min
Episode 5: FACES (1968), Part 2
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 dive deep into Cassavetes' 1968 masterpiece, Faces, and boy-oh-boy, is there a lot to discuss! Highlights include: the Red Meat song; Allison's explanation of why she doesn't care much for Easter Eggs (spoiler alert: she sounds like a b
Jun 15, 2024 · 1 hr 22 min
Episode 4: FACES (1968), Part 1
Welcome back to "Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast," where Allison and John (a filmmaker and a film studies scholar who just happened to be married to each other) discuss the films directed by American film director, John Cassavetes. In this episode, John and Allison gear up to watch Cassavetes' 1968 masterpiece, Faces. That means it's time to talk about the context of this film, some bits of production history, as well as John and Allison's words of wisdom for watching this movie. Get r
Apr 22, 2024 · 2 hr 53 min
Episode 3: HUSBANDS (1970)
In Episode 2 of "Love Streams," Allison and John, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar who are annoyingly married to each other, dive into an incredibly long conversation about Cassavetes' 1970 film, Husbands. Join them as they discuss production history, academic interpretations, how the script was written, vomit, sports, masculinity, (in)appropriate social behavior, grief, strategies for duping distributors, noise, the post-production process, an abusive singing contest, more vomit, and the
Feb 14, 2024 · 1 hr 35 min
Episode 2: THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1976)
Welcome to "Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast." Over the course of this podcast, we'll be discussing the films directed by John Cassavetes (and we're not necessarily going in chronological order). In this episode, Allison and John, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar who happen to be married to each other (sorry, guys) will dig into the 1976 film, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Get psyched for a genre film that turns all genre conventions upside down! If you're a fan of awkward burl
Feb 14, 2024 · 31 min
Episode 1: Who is John Cassavetes?
Who is John Cassavetes? And, why bother talking about the movies he directed? Allison and John, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar who just happen to be married to each other (sorry, guys) are going to dig into these questions and so much more. Want to learn more about us, or get in-touch? I sure hope you do because we're making our website easier to find! Please visit sunnypictures.co/lovestreamspodcast to say hello and see very outdated images of my hair.