Montana Film Festival Presents a monthly offering in modern & classic independent cinema, culminating in a 4-day festival October 3 - 6, 2024. Keep up with MTFF at montanafilmfestival.org.

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 the chaos of her own life. Headlined by a virtuoso performance by Rowlands, John Cassavetes’s Opening Night lays bare the drama of a performer who, at great personal cost, makes a part her own, and it functions as a metaphor for the director’s singular, wrenched-from-the-heart creative method.