All things Woody Allen – a fansite, news and reviews
It’s video time. Our fifth video essay is about Woody Allen’s fifth film – Love And Death. Made in 1975, it was Allen’s goodbye to his early slapstick comedies, and hints at the depth of the career to come. In our video, we look at: The book that Allen released in the same year The […]
Woody Allen, who famously still writes his scripts on a typewriter, has relaunched his website – WoodyAllen.com. The old one was very old and outdated. The new version doesn’t add much content, but it looks much better. There’s a mailing list you can join with official Woody Allen news, and an archive of the big […]
Café Society is out now in the US, and over the past weekend it played to more people than ever – expanding to a soft wide release of 565 cinemas. The film is now just shy of $4 million in the US, and flies straight past $10m globally. We also have a new US TV […]
As is usual, almost a year after the film was released in the US, Irrational Man has been released in Japan and Korea. For some reason, they take a year to hit those countries. The release has pushed the film to a new box office milestone. Irrational Man has now earned $27,391,084 worldwide. After a year, […]
News Bits! Our now monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 93rd edition! Here’s one for all of July. Actor Seamon Glass has died. He appeared in Sleeper as a guard. He told Classic TV History: I had an on-camera fight with Woody Allen. Sleeper is where he wakes […]
Zelig is the latest Woody Allen film to come to Blu-Ray. The limited edition of just 3000 copies comes from Twilight Time, where you can purchase the new edition. It is the first time the film has been made available on Blu-Ray anywhere in the world. Here’s the box art, and inlay art is above. […]
Café Society is out now and making its way through America (and overseas). There was a blitz of publicity with the stars a couple of weeks ago, but there were some voices we’ve never heard from. Corey Stoll has spoken about his role, and also colourist Anthony Raffaele, who worked on the film’s look and […]
We’re continuing our video series, looking at some of fun facts and trivia of Allen’s films. It’s all part of The Woody Allen Pages The Watcher’s Guides. Our latest is Woody Allen’s 4th film – Sleeper. It was a big early success for Allen, and the first time Diane Keaton appeared in a Woody Allen […]
Café Society, the newest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out now in the US, and will be rolling out around the world in the coming weeks and months. There’s been lots of new posters coming in from around the world, many with wildly varying designs. We thought we’d collect them all, and […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A new series where we recommend films referenced, inspired, influenced or generally like a certain Woody Allen film, from his first to his latest. All picks are subjective – let the arguments begin! The Purple Rose Of Cairo is the middle of a purple patch for Woody Allen. One […]
In what is fast becoming a yearly tradition, Woody Allen’s new film is gracing the Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival. Café Society, the new film written and directed by Allen, joins the prestigious line up, taking the opening night slot. The festival runs from the 16th-30th August 2016. Café Society will premiere on the […]
Café Society, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out now in selected US cinemas. It has been open for a little over a week, with a strong week 1 and weekend 2 result. The film has earned $1,377,379 in the US. It was the 17th highest grossing film in the US […]
It’s been a while since we had a Woodywatch – Allen having had a big year of production. But after appearing at the New York premiere of his new film Café Society, he now attended the premiere in Chicago, where the film opens this weekend. The Sun Times covered the event. Chicago has become an […]
Two more Woody Allen classics are coming to Blu-Ray in the UK. Sleeper (1973) and Love And Death (1975) follow on from the recently announced box set by Arrow Academy, who recently picked up the rights. Both titles will be released on 3rd October. We also have the new artwork for both sets. Sleeper was […]
Woody Allen is out doing press for his latest film, Café Society. As usual, he’s already onto his next project, a 2017 film with the cast announced and filming due to start in autumn/fall. In a new interview with the Inquirer, he revealed more about that film, and one of the cast members – Justin […]
10 Things About… each of those Woody Allen films. We’ve been making our way through Allen’s film for our book series – The Watcher’s Guides. And we are making video essays with some of the most interesting and fun facts about all of them. Our third in our new video essay series is the third film […]
Café Society, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, opened in selected cinemas this pay weekend. It was a strong weekend for the film as it topped the specialty box office in the US by quite some margin. All the info you want is at Box Office Mojo. Specialty box office is ranked […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – an irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Hannah And Her Sisters is one of Allen’s most beloved films – and it celebrates 30 years this year. However, it doesn’t seem like there is one particular song that characterises the film. But […]
Today’s the day. Café Society, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out in limited release in the US. New York and Los Angeles only this week – with more cities and countries to come. It was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year (playing the prestigious opening night), and was […]
The New York premiere of Café Society happened at the Paris Theatre, and a big part of the cast, and Woody Allen himself, came out to celebrate. Here’s some pics from the event. The cast. Parker Posey, Blake Lively and Kristen Stewart. Here’s this guy: And with his wife Soon-Yi Previn. Kristen Stewart. Parker Posey. […]