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Cate Blanchett has picked up another award this season. She has taken the gong for Best Female Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards, for her performance in Blue Jasmine. The Independent Spirit Awards were presented by Patton Oswalt in Los Angeles, just one day before the Academy Awards. Blanchett won against a field that is […]
Allow us to join the chorus of people paying tribute to Harold Ramis. Being of a certain age, he is a comedic god. ‘Caddyshack‘, ‘Groundhog Day‘ and ‘Ghostbusters‘ are just some of the many highlights in his career. We particularly love his role in ‘Walk Hard‘. Our video of the week is Ramis talking about […]
News bits. Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Legendary composer Philip Glass are one of the very few people who have created an original score for a Woody Allen film. Famous for his use of jazz, Glass was comissioned to write the score for Cassandra’s Dream. In a […]
Crimes And Misdemeanors and The Front are the latest Woody Allen titles to hit Blu-Ray. Both are a limited run of 3000 copies, and were released through Twilight Time on 11th February. It’s not a release that has made that much noise, but we now have a couple of reviews, and in particular the image […]
Bullets Over Broadway is the new musical opening on Broadway in April, with previews beginning 11th March. The latest in our Everything You Always Wanted To Know series, let’s look at what we know about the musical. Inception The ‘Bullets Over Broadway Musical‘ was announced in Feb 2012. It is, of course, based on Woody […]
We are a little over a week away from the 86th Academy Awards, and all eyes are on Cate Blanchett. She has swept the awards season so far, winning every major and minor award for Best Actress. All this publicity has led to a short piece with Blanchett that aired on 60 minutes. The 13 […]
Released at the height of the swinging sixties, Casino Royale is a parody of the popular James Bond series. Clocking in at 2 hours, 11 minutes, it’s far too long. Fine performances and high production values can’t save the film from its meandering, incoherent nature. David Niven plays the original James Bond, although the film […]
A short note to say we have some new sections on the site. The big ones are the store and a new ‘On this day’ section. We have set up an Amazon affiliate store for both the US and UK. Featuring Woody Allen’s works on DVD, Blu-Ray, Books and more. If you do purchase through […]
The Theatre Royal in Madrid (or Teatro Real) have announced the highlights of their 2015 season. A surprise announcement is Woody Allen, who will be directing Puccini‘s comic opera ‘Gianni Schicchi‘. It is set to star Opera legend Placido Domingo. El Pais broke the story. Woody Allen made his opera debut directeing ‘Gianni Schicchi‘ in […]
Cate Blanchett has continued her domination of the awards season by picking up another prestigious award. For her electric performance in Blue Jasmine, Blanchett has won the BAFTA for Best Actress. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ was associated with two more awards, but both lost. Woody Allen’s Best Original Screenplay nod lost out to Eric Warren Singer and […]
News bits! Usually twice a month wrap up of Woody Allen news bits from around the web. Like everyone else, we binged hard on ‘House Of Cards‘ this week. In the press leading up to its release, Kevin Spacey is still campaigning to be in a Woody Allen film, according to the Wall Street Journal. […]
Fading Gigolo is out in the US on 18th April 2104, and we are starting to see publicity for the film ramp up. The new comedy from John Turturro and starring Woody Allen has a new clip, courtesy of Yahoo!, and we are making it our video of the week. The new clip features Sofia […]
The Bullets Over Broadway Musical has held a very special press event in the middle of a New York snow storm. Allowing TV cameras into a rehearsal, the cast spoke to reporters as well as running through the show. The full cast was there with a big photo shoot. The cast is Brooks Ashmanskas, Zach […]
Sid Caesar has passed away. The all round and well loved entertainer died at his home in Beverly Hills after a short illness. He was aged 91. Caesar worked with some of the best comedy writers in the 50s, including a young Woody Allen. Allen was not the only young talent who wrote for Caesar’s […]
Buenos Aires is hosting a new gallery exhibition called ‘Queremos tanto a Woody’, or ‘We Love Woody’. All the pieces have been inspired by Allen’s work. South America is a big market for Allen’s films. The gallery is at the Centro Cultural Borges. In referencing recent tabloid controversy, artist Hugo Echarri said: These accusations haven’t […]
Tomorrow’s the day that Crimes And Misdemeanors, one of Allen’s very best films, and The Front, a 1976 film that stars Allen, are released on Blu-Ray. Both are extremely limited edition of just 3000 copies – so get in quick. ‘Crimes And Misdemeanors‘ was released in 1989, and we think it’s Allen’s best drama. Allen […]
It’s our video of the week time, and we are looking forward. 2014 is going to be another busy year for Woody Allen, with a number of new projects. Fading Gigolo hits in April, Magic In the Moonlight in July, and no doubt the filming of his 2015 film (somewhere in the US) in the […]
We missed this one – but Fading Gigolo has quietly snuck into Australia and premiers this weekend, as well as being announced for the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival. ‘Fading Gigolo‘ is the new film written, directed and starring John Turturro and features Woody Allen. The film will play as part of Open Air Cinema in Sydney, as part […]
Play It Again, Sam is the most Woody Allen film that he did not direct. It is perhaps the only must-watch of what we call Allen’s ‘other films‘, as he is the star and he wrote both the film (and the stage play before it). A tender story of (then) modern love, it was Allen’s […]
We still don’t have much info from the US, but the publicity and release details for Fading Gigolo are starting to appear for other countries. We have new images and release dates for the 2014 film written, directed and starring John Turturro, and co-starring Woody Allen. These new pictures are from the website of the […]