All things Woody Allen – a fansite, news and reviews
We’ve been revisiting Allen’s first burst of London films. It all began with Match Point, a massive turning point in Allen’s career, and our video this week is an interview with the primary cast – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode and Brian Cox – as well as Woody Allen himself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf18rH0_se8 […]
Princeton University in New Jersey has officially announced a new collection of Woody Allen’s papers on display. It coincides with an appearance by Allen on October 27. The papers will be displayed at the Firestone Library. According to the Princeton Blog, the papers are on display from 21-28 October, but they will live on their […]
A new story from the New York Post has lifted the lid on the casting of the Bullets Over Broadway Musical. Amongst the more prominent roles yet to be cast is the one of Helen Sinclair. But one name has emerged as the leading contender – Marin Mazzie. The also reveals that a number of […]
Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band have settled back into their Monday night residency at the Carlyle in New York. Having already taken the show for two very special performances in France, the band have added more non New York dates to their schedule – including a one-off show in LA this December. […]
Cassandra’s Dream marks Woody Allen’s third film in a row in London. It’s another serious morality tale – with not a hint of Allen’s wit on show. Featuring original score, it’s an intense and bizarre film – that ultimately doesn’t work. Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor star as Terry and Ian, two brothers with big […]
Our video of the week sounds raunchy, but it’s really a great sketch scene from 1969. It stars Allen with Candice Bergen, who went on to super stardom in ‘Murphy Brown‘. It is taken from ‘The Woody Allen Special‘ – a one off variety show. Even in 1969, Allen was working hard. He just kicked […]
Casting By is a new documentary about the casting process. Having done the rounds of film festivals and screened on HBO, it is now hitting cinemas in New York and Los Angeles for a short theatrical run. The film features many superstars, including Woody Allen. The story of film casting is told through the life […]
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s 2013 film, is still in cinemas, and now we have the first details – and images – from Woody Allen’s 2014 film. Called ‘Magic In the Moonlight‘, it stars Colin Firth and Emma Stone. Here are the images. First up, Firth. The other image released features Emma Stone and Marcia Gay […]
News bits: our twice monthly update of Woody Allen bits from around the web… Jennifer Tilly spoke to Mark Thompson on The Edge recently. The podcast features clips from Bullets Over Broadway, and Tilly speaks about Allen and her experience making the film. Starts at about 2:53. Interestingly, she reveals that the part of Olive […]
Not much movement in the US this week, but Europe comes roaring in when it comes to Blue Jasmine‘s box office. It’s total worldwide earnings now total $57,321,839. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ has now earned $31,663,000 in the US. Adding only $211k the last weekend, it’s definitely in the decline. We now wait for the Academy Awards […]
VOTW: Woody Allen On I’ve Got A Secret, 1967 I’ve Got A Secret was a long running US panel game show. Started in 1952, they had Woody Allen on as a guest in 1967. Allen at this time was still in his standup comic phase, but was writing for Broadway (Don’t Drink the Water is […]
Mia Farrow opened up to Vanity Fair this month about the scandal that involved her and Woody Allen in 1992. Various allegations are made in the article, including a quote that Ronan Farrow could ‘possibly’ be the son of Frank Sinatra. Some reactions to the piece have emerged. Ronan Farrow himself tweeted the following: https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/385412266625351681 […]
Blue Jasmine has wrapped it’s 11th weekend of release. It opened in the UK and France, two of Allen’s biggest markets, and with that, it has pushed the worldwide earnings to close to $50m. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ has now earned $49,784,982 worldwide. Leading the charge is France ($3m+), Australia ($3m+) and Poland ($2m+). Denmark, Greece, the […]
The planned Indian release of the new Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine has been cancelled. Due to open this weekend, the release was cancelled due the need to supply anti tobacco warnings on the film. In India, scenes of smoking that feature in films and TV need to tagged with an onscreen health warning. Anti-tobacco […]
We never quite know how to handle the infamous scandal that engulfed Woody Allen’s life in 1992. For many people, even 20 years on, it is still the only thing that many people know about Woody Allen. The controversy involving Mia Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn is a messy and complex affair. There are so many […]
Mia Farrow and members of her family have gone on record about their life with Woody Allen, in a new interview with Vanity Fair. Farrow and Allen had a very public scandal in 1992, which ended with Allen marrying Farrow’s 20 year old adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. The article, due in next months issue, is […]
News Bits: Our twice monthly round up of Allen news bits from around the web. Sam Rockwell was recently interviewed at the AV Club about ‘Random Roles’ in his career. One of the roles they asked him about was his small role in Celebrity. He reveals some great stuff about that role, and that film. […]
Blue Jasmine has just completed it’s 10th week of release. It has passed $30 million in the US and passed $40m worldwide. The US box office has now reached $30,772,000. It grossed an additional $708,000 in the last weekend. It holds it’s place as both 5th in Allen’s career, and the 2nd highest earning indie […]
Allen returns to London for something a lot more light hearted and silly. Scoop is a murder mystery caper done for farce, and one of Allen’s rare comedies in his later career. Woody Allen stars as Sid Waterman, also known as The Great Splendini. An American magician on tour in London, he meets a young […]
UK press continues on this, the opening weekend of Blue Jasmine in the UK. We’ve collected a couple of the new interviews for our Video(s) Of the Week. Our first was posted by the UK distributor for ‘Blue Jasmine‘, Warner Bros. Most interesting from this is how specific the inspiration for Jasmine seems to be. […]