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We are counting down to March when the Bullets Over Broadway musical opens in New York. Having been in deep development for a couple of years, we are finally starting to see publicity materials, cast interviews and more. Best of all is a long, 54 minute interview with four members of the cast. The interview […]
Cate Blanchett is the toast of Hollywood at the moment. Her performance in Blue Jasmine has seen her winning every award for which she was nominated. Our video this week is the longest interview on video we have seen with Blanchett discussing ‘Blue Jasmine‘. The interview, with Dave Karger, was held at a Screen Actor’s […]
New bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Elizabeth Banks is out promoting ‘Man On A Ledge‘, but in an interview with Starpulse, she let a juicy Woody Allen tidbit drop. You’ve worked with a lot of people like Kevin Smith, Judd Apatow, Ed Burns, is there someone […]
We are calling it. Almost exactly six months after it was first released in the US, Blue Jasmine has passed $100 million in box office receipts worldwide. It makes it the second highest Woody Allen film. Our source is BoxOffice.com, who are reporting that the new total for ‘Blue Jasmine‘ is $100,526,545. (We were hoping that Box […]
Martin S. Bergmann has passed away, aged 100. If his name is not immediately recognisable to Woody Allen fans, you will know his minor, but acclaimmed role. He played Professor Louis Levy in Crimes And Misdemeanors, the subject of Allen’s documentary in that film. The touchingly human perofrmance in a dark film, his story anchors […]
The Daily Beast has a new article about the Woody Allen/Mia Farrow relationship. It is written by Robert Weide, director of Woody Allen: A Documentary and recently worked on the Woody Allen segment at the Golden Globes. The piece is a response to several incidents from the last few months. Most recently it’s a number of […]
The brainchild of Woody Allen, What’s Up, Tiger Lily? is a completely re-dubbed Japanese action film, making it a bizarre, and occasionally absurd, comedy. It is a one trick pony, and even with its short running time, starts to tire too quickly. Woody Allen and friends (including his wife Louise Lasser and Frank Buxton) dub […]
Crimes And Misdemeanors, Woody Allen’s acclaimed 1989 drama, and The Front, the 1976 Martin Ritt comedy that starred Woody Allen, both come to Blu-Ray next month. Both titles are only available in limited edition print runs, and both are now available to pre-order now, before their February release date. The Blu-Ray comes from Twilight Time, […]
The musical version of Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway is set to debut in March at the St James Theatre. We know the complete cast, but there is one part of the show that has remained secret – the music. We’ve only heard, mysteriously, that it will use songs from the 1920s. New York Post […]
Our video of the week captures an interview with Woody Allen in 1967. Held at The Bitter End, the classic folk and comedy club in New York, and recorded for television, it features Woody Allen talking about his stand up. The host is Fred Weintraub and it starts with Woody Allen meeting the first guest, […]
Hot on the heels of several awards for Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen’s 2013 film – is out today in the US on DVD and Blu Ray. It is also available digitally across various services. The physical version actually contains special features – two short featurettes. One a look at the red carpet […]
Cate Blanchett has added yet another couple of awards to her mantlepiece. Surely she is running out of dresses by now? For her acclaimed performance in Blue Jasmine, she took away Critic’s Choice Award for Best Actress. The award was presented by Sir Ben Kingsley, and it was the only win for the film. Full […]
It’s film festival season so we have a bit of film festival news this week. Director Whit Stillman will be presenting a screening of Broadway Danny Rose in Miami later this month. And Fading Gigolo will play in Boulder in February. More details for both below. ‘Broadway Danny Rose‘ will screen as part of the […]
Woody Allen, as expected, did not turn up in LA to accept his Cecil B DeMille Award from the Golden Globes, but we were treated to three things instead – an introduction by Emma Stone, an acceptance by Diane Keaton and the lovely montage of Allen’s films. The montage was supervised by Robert Weide, the […]
Here it is – the full presentation paying tribute to Woody Allen from the Golden Globes, on the event of him being given the Cecil B DeMille Award. We have Emma Stone (who stars in the upcoming Magic In the Moonlight) up first to present the award. Then the montage, which was put together by […]
Blue Jasmine, the 2013 film from Woody Allen, has picked up three nominations for Academy Awards. The big story is the actresses – Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins – with Allen himself picking up a nod. As widely expected, Cate Blanchett has been nominated for Best Actress. This is her third nomination for Best Actress, […]
News bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen news from around the web! We started last year, and looks like we will every year, by wishing Diane Keaton a happy birthday for 5th January. Will McCrabb always posts great, unseen pics, and posted two great ones of Keaton. As good a way as […]
Woody Allen’s 2014 film is Magic In the Moonlight. For a director who is notoriously secretive about his films before release, we actually know less about ‘Magic In the Moonlight’ than Allen’s recent films. Here’s a rundown of everything we do know. Here’s the official synopsis: MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT is a romantic comedy about […]
The Golden Globes are over for another year. Here’s the awards from the Woody Allen perspective. Allen was given the highest honour by the Globes with the Cecil B DeMille Award. Despite speculation, Allen surprised no one by not attending. Diane Keaton accepted the award on his behalf, making a short speech paying tribute to […]
In 1965, having made a living of being a TV funny man, Allen took his very first film credit, writing (or indeed rewriting) the script for What’s New Pussycat?. Allen also appears on screen, although very little of the sophistication he would later bring to his films is on show here. A straight ahead bawdy […]