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Blue Jasmine has been released to UK cinemas this week. To coincide, two of the big UK newspapers have published new revealing interviews with Allen. Allen also appeared on a BBC radio show. In the Guardian, Allen spoke to Catherine Shoard On having Bernie Madoff in mind. No. I had none of that in mind. […]
Woody Allen has been out and about in NYC again. This time, he and his wife appeared at the launch of the new store expansion from Hugo Boss. The event was held on 24th September 2013. Amongst the others in attendance were actors Liam Hemsworth and Josh Duhamel. Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn were snapped […]
Blue Jasmine has completed its ninth week of release. It was one of the slowest weeks for yet for the film, allowing ‘Instructions Not Included‘ to take over the top of the US indie charts. ‘Blue Jasmine‘, has now grossed $29,744,000 in the US. It earned $1,380,000 last weekend. It continues to hold as Allen’s […]
Blue Jasmine starts to roll out across Europe, and since the US release, there’s been several new clips released. The clips feature every member of the main cast – Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale, Louis CK, Peter Sarsgaard, Andrew Dice Clay and Michael Stuhlbarg. There are several clips in this batch we […]
The soundtrack to the new Woody Allen film, Blue Jasmine, has been released. The soundtrack is released on Madison Gate Records, and features 20 tracks from the film. Madison Gate has handled the soundtracks for Allen’s recent films, including Midnight In Paris and To Rome With Love. The soundtrack is available digitally on iTunes internationally […]
Last night saw London be the latest city to hold a red carpet event for Blue Jasmine, the newest film written and directed by Woody Allen. As usual, Allen himself was not in attendance but stars Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins made it down to Leicester Square. None of Allen’s extensive British alumni made it […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web! Olivia Wilde was asked at the red carpet of ‘Rush‘ who she would love to take a car ride with. She chose Woody Allen. Click through to the Independent to watch the video. We would love to see her in an Allen […]
Blue Jasmine has finished it’s eighth week of release. It continues to track well, pushing past the $27 million mark, remaining the top indie film of 2013 so far. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ has now grossed $27,885,000 in the US. It made another $1,798,000 last weekend in 993 theatres, a 23.4% drop. It is a strong showing […]
A new image has surfaced from Woody Allen’s 2014 film, featuring the two leads Colin Firth and Emma Stone. The new image was posted on Twitter by Kenneth Edelson (@drkenedelson), a friend of Allen’s who has appeared in 15 of Allen’s films, from Alice to Blue Jasmine. The photo was taken in the South of […]
Woody Allen’s 2014 film has now wrapped. We don’t know much about this one, but we do know the cast. One is Australian actress Jacki Weaver, who spoke a little about the film at the Toronto International Film Festival last week. Canada.com posed the question whilst Weaver was in Toronto promoting her new film ‘Parkland‘. […]
Allen doesn’t love award ceremonies, but they continue to love him. It was announced earlier today that Allen is adding another award to his long list of achievements. He will be the next recipient of the Cecil B DeMille Award at the 71st Golden Globe Awards. Allen will be the 61st recipient of the award […]
This fantastic 15 minute interview with Allen was conducted by reporter and critic Bobbie Wygant, who is a bit of a southern belle. It’s wonderful to see Allen both as master filmmaker (as he is by now), but still cheeky and in talk show mode. The interview was done to promote Allen’s latest film, A […]
Woody Allen’s back in his treasured NYC, and that means he is the occasional man about town again. We’ve got details of two new appearances he has booked in – one a university appearance , the other a classic film screening. First, Allen will appear at Princeton University Library on 27 October 2013. Allen has […]
Fading Gigolo, the new film written, directed and starring John Turturro and starring Woody Allen, has premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. A great place to launch a film to the wider film industry, it seems to have worked as ‘Fading Gigolo‘ now has a distributor. Millennium Entertainment has picked up the US rights […]
Blue Jasmine completes it’s 7th week of release. Another decent week for the film, as it holds onto many theatres. It’s total US grosses now makes it the highest grossing indie film of 2013. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ has now grossed $25,449,000 in the US. It earned $2,688,000 on it’s 7th weekend and held onto 1069 theatres […]
Fading Gigolo, the new film starring, written and directed by John Turturro and starring Woody Allen, premiered last night at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Turturro appeared at the premiere alongside co-stars Vanessa Paradis and Eugenia Kuzmina. Of course, Allen himself was nowhere to be seen. Turturro and Paradis also introduced the film at […]
This one was too good to pass up, so we decided to have a second Video Of the Week. It’s Woody Allen on BBC Newsnight, and it’s amazing to see Allen being interviewed on such a mainstream, popular programme. The interview was conducted in France, around the time of the French premiere of Blue Jasmine. […]
Here’s our shot-by-shot breakdown of the new trailer for Fading Gigolo. It’s something we’ve been meaning to do for a while. You can watch the trailer here. Here we are in New York City again… …with Murray (Woody Allen) in his bookshop, talking to his friend… …Fioravante (John Turturro). A plug for the distributor. Fioravante […]
A short video this week. Zach Braff is starring in the ‘Bullets Over Broadway Musical‘, based on Allen’s 1994 film. Tickets went on sale last week, and Braff recorded a short video to get people buying tickets. Braff of course was the star of the acclaimed TV comedy ‘Scrubs‘, as well as the writer and […]
With production wrapped on his 2014 film and European press completed for Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen is returning to his regular jazz engagement. Starting this week, Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band will perform every Monday night at the Carlyle in New York until Christmas. The band performed for most of […]