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Jack Rollins, Woody Allen’s manager for over 50 years, passed away this week. It was extremely sad news. His name still graces every Woody Allen film to date. We now have details on the memorial service, for anyone who wishes to attend. It will be: Wednesday 24th June, 4pm Riverside Memorial Chapel 180 W 76th […]
Placido Domingo was set to star in a revival of the opera Gianni Schicchi, directed by Woody Allen. Due to family tragedy, Domingo has announced he will not be appearing at dates scheduled for Madrid. The performances will however go ahead with new players in the lead role. As the LA Times reports, Domingo is […]
The Los Angeles Times has a new interview with Roy Price, the President of Amazon Studios. He was instumental in getting Woody Allen on board to create a TV series, which will apparently hit screens (of some sort) next year. In the interview, he is asked and makes a short comment on the 2016 Amazon […]
We are less than a month away from the public premiere of Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. Today we have a flood of new images from the film, featuring all the headliners in the small cast. The images feature Jamie Blackley, Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey and Emma Stone. It […]
Jack Rollins, the man who has nurtured and shepherded the career of Woody Allen from almost the beginning, has died. Rollins passed from natural causes in his New York home. For most of his long career, Rollins was partnered with Charles H. Joffe. Together the pair managed the careers, or discovered, of some of the […]
The Wall Street Journal Magazine has run a long, fascinating feature on Emma Stone. The wide ranging interview was held just before she headed to Cannes to be part of the premiere for Irrational Man, the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen. There is a lot of great stuff in the story, and […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Seems Like Old Times Written by Carmen Lombardo and John Jacob Loeb in 1945 Used in Annie Hall. Annie Hall is a film built on memories, and accepting times gone. It is a thread that […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. The film world were saddened to hear about the passing of Christopher Lee, and so were we. He appeared in dozens of films we loved – from ‘Lord Of the Rings‘, ‘Hugo‘ and, our personal fave, ‘The Wicker Man‘. Despite […]
We tend to avoid paparazzi stuff, but this was too weird to pass up. This week, Woody Allen was spotted in Russia alongside other film luminaries for the opening of Garage – a new museum of contemporary art in Moscow. According to reports, Allen was the guest of the museum’s benefactors – Roman Abramovich and […]
Our irregular video series this week is a newly unearthed interview with Allen around the time of Annie Hall. It seems like he did a lot of interviews around this time, as his fame was exploding. We’re not sure who the interviewer is or the name of the show – anyone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBmtQpDHJeY Even in his […]
An interesting tidbit has appeared on IMDB in regards to the upcoming 2016 film to be written and directed by Woody Allen. We know the big name stars – Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Kristen Stewart and Bruce Willis. It seems that IMDB now lists the names of the characters they play. Here’s what we have: […]
Sony Pictures Classics has released a press kit for Irrational Man, the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen. Available on the official site, it digs a lot deeper into the film, with insightful comments from Allen as well as cast members Jamie Blackley, Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey and Emma Stone. There are no […]
A whole bunch of new images has dropped for Irrational Man, the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen. The images come from a wide array of scenes and features the three principals – Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey and Emma Stone. The images really highlight how small and contained the cast are, really revolving […]
Woody Allen’s 2015 film is Irrational Man, but he is already prepping his 2016 film. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Kristen Stewart and Bruce Willis, we now have specific filming dates. According to Production Weekly, the film (known as Woody Allen Summer Project 2015) will begin shooting 17th August in LA. It will take until […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. As is usual when there is actually big Woody Allen news (like Cannes, or a tour) that there’s very few news bits. But hey, here we go. Amateur Photographer recently scored an exclusive – hundreds of unpublished entertainment photos from […]
Irrational Man is the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen. It will be his 45th full-length feature as writer/director. We now have the first poster for Irrational Man (all others so far have been fakes). Here it is below. IMDB had the exclusive. Click on the image to embiggen. There’s definitely similarities to […]
Look – I didn’t expect this either. This whimsical idea turned into a project that has lasted three years. That’s not supposed to happen. It is funny for me to think of my own relationship with Woody’s work in the years leading up to doing this. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger was barely […]
Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band are going on tour in August. We broke the story with the dates along with an exclusive interview with trombonist Jerry Zigmont. We now have the full list of venues as well as links to buy tickets. It is unusual for Allen and the band […]
The last couple of days has been an intense media blitz for Woody Allen. He premiered his new film Irrational Man at the Cannes Film Festival, and with it he sat down and spoke to journalists for the first time this year. Throughout the interviews he dropped many things of interest. We thought it would […]
Irrational Man is the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. It just premiered at Cannes, and now we have our second clip from the film. This clip features Emma Stone and our first real look at Jamie Blackley. The two discuss abe, played by Joaquin Phoenix. There’s not much of the clip, but […]