Up Next in Megan Abbott’s Adventures in Moviegoing

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  Opening Night

  Opening Night

  Directed by John Cassavetes • 1977 • United States
  Starring Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara

  While in the midst of rehearsals for her latest play, Broadway actor Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan, after which she begins to confront th...

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  Megan Abbott on BLOOD SIMPLE

  Megan Abbott on BLOOD SIMPLE

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  Blood Simple

  Blood Simple

  Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen • 1984 • United States

  Joel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases a torrent of violence with one murderous though...