“Pauline Kael called Faces (1968) ‘dumb, crudely conceived, and badly performed.’ ‘Muddle-headed, pretentious, and interminable,’ was what John Simon had to say about A Woman Under the Influence (1974), while Stanley Kauffman called it ‘utterly without interest or merit.’ Variety jeered at Minnie and Moskowitz as ‘oppressive,’ ‘irritating,’ ‘shrill,’ ‘numbing,’ and ‘indulgent.’”

AND THEY WERE BEING KIND! I hate every movie John Cassavetes ever made and instantly know that someone has his head up his ass when he says he likes the movies of John Cassavetes.

“Among later generation critics, David Denby is still unconvinced that Cassavetes' work merits attention.”

Hurray for David Denby!