{
  "id": 9373084,
  "title": "John Cassavetes Practically Invented the American Independent Film, but Some of His Best Movies Were Made for Studios",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/john-cassavetes-practically-invented-the-american-independent-film",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-23T16:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IndieWire",
    "slug": "indiewire",
    "url": "https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/john-cassavetes-minnie-and-moskowitz-best-movies-1235218147/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Half of the director's 12 features were financed and distributed by major studios, and some — like \"Minnie and Moskowitz,\" screening next week at the New Beverly — are as uncompromising as his scrappiest indies.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}