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We are now five weeks away from the US premiere of Blue Jasmine. We have quite a few updates this week, including new images, a preview of Allen on the cover of WSJ Magazine, a strange new poster and more. (UPDATE: we missed a picture, so there’s actually THREE new images in this post now) […]
We are working our way through every Woody Allen film, and we are up to 2001’s The Curse Of the Jade Scorpion. We wont give away the full review, but Helen Hunt is definitely the highlight of the film. Once again, Charlie Rose gets the exclusive. We find that Hunt is a life long Allen […]
Woody Allen has arrived in Nice in southern France. Along with a small crew, he is preparing for production of his 2014 film, which starts production next month. Just last week Allen played his last jazz performance for this season in New York. We assumed he was taking a break to prepare for the release […]
A quick one: It took a long time for You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger to hit Australian cinemas, but the 2010 film was finally given a short run earlier this year. Now the Blu-Ray and DVDs have been released in Australia. The disc releases, like the theatrical release, was greeted with little promotion. […]
We are six weeks out from the US limited release of Blue Jasmine, the 2013 film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Cate Blanchett. Last week, The Museum Of Modern Art held a special private screening of ‘Blue Jasmine‘. Zach Braff and Barbara Walters were amongst those spotted. Several people’s snap reviews were […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Diane Keaton has stayed in the press these last couple of weeks, whilst doing press for ‘The Big Wedding‘. An interview with Saga magazine caught her reflecting on her career with Woody Allen. Anything I’ve done is based on Annie […]
Helen Hanft passed away on 30th May 2013. The 79 year old actress was a particular favourite of Woody Allen’s. She appeared in Manhattan, Stardust Memories, The Purple Rose Of Cairo and ‘Oedipus Wrecks‘ (Allen’s segment in ‘New York Stories‘). She was a character actor, and her mannerism screamed New York. You’ve probably seen her […]
Music has always been a passion for Woody Allen. He performs most Monday nights with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City – always a hot ticket. He only takes a break when he makes films, but this year, the band is heading over to join Allen […]
Not one to ever stay still, Woody Allen is bringing his 1994 film Bullets Over Broadway to Broadway – as a musical. We’ve already announced the theatre and the creative crew behind the new production. An Equity casting notice has now revealed the progress of the production, due to debut in 2014. This week, the […]
Next month will see production begin on Woody Allen’s 43rd film as writer and director. The currently untitled 2014 film will shoot in the south of France, and Broadway actor Jeremy Shamos has just been added to the cast, according to Broadway.com Shamos doesn’t have many on screen credits. A theater actor, he is currently […]
Woody Allen returns to contemporary New York for Small Time Crooks, one of those tales that could be by no one else. A pleasant light hearted comedy with broad cartoonish characters, it’s a bit of silliness that might not mean much, but Allen does so well. Woody Allen stars as Ray, a small time crook […]
Here’s our shot-for-shot breakdown of the scenes revealed from the new trailer for Blue Jasmine. It’s taken from all we know from the film. If you’ve not seen the trailer, it’s on our Blue Jasmine page. Minor spoilers abound. The trailer opens in New York, with Hal (Alec Baldwin) showing Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) their expensive […]
Sony Pictures Classics has released a new Blue Jasmine Press Kit, featuring quotes from any of the cast, plenty of details about the film. The 30 page document has been sent out to press who are reviewing the film, and features plenty of spoilers – so here are the key bits with no spoilers. We […]
We had a short twitter chat with Jerry Zigmont, trombone player for The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band – the long standing musical group that Woody Allen has been performing with for decades. He revealed to us more about the schedule of Woody Allen’s music schedule for 2013. After 6 straight months of shows, […]
Trailer For ‘Blue Jasmine’, The New Woody Allen Film At long last, Sony Pictures Classics have released the trailer for Blue Jasmine, the 2013 drama from writer/director Woody Allen . Enjoy. http://youtu.be/FER3C394aI8 The film stars Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Louis CK, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg. Shot in […]
Finally we have word on the highly anticipated (by us) trailer for the new Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine. Sony tweeted that the trailer will premiere on Yahoo! Movies tomorrow. We also have more ‘Blue Jasmine‘ bits and pieces to round out the week. Here’s the tweet: ATTENTION fans of Woody Allen, Cate Blanchett, @ABFalecbaldwin, […]
Hundreds of people have responded to the casting call sent out last week in France, calling for extras for Woody Allen’s 2014 film.. Shooting in the south of France next month, the new film is a period piece set in the 1920s. Nicemation.com captured this video of the people who turned up. Filming is due […]
Over a year since its premiere in Italy last April, To Rome With Love, Woody Allen’s 42nd film as writer/director, opens in Japan this week. It’s not atypical for Japan to get such a late release – Midnight In Paris premiered in June 2011, but opened in Japan in May 2012. It is likely Japan […]
Sony Pictures Classics have released another new stil image from ‘Blue Jasmine’, the 2013 film from Woody Allen. The new image shows two characters that play a married couple in the film – Sally Hawkins as Ginger (the sister to Cate Blanchett‘s Jasmine) and Andrew Dice Clay as Augie. As usual, the still doesn’t give […]
The arc of Woody Allen’s career has taken many side roads, but Sweet And Lowdown could be the most un-Woody Allen of all of Woody Allen’s films. A fictional biopic period drama about a struggling jazz guitarist, it’s far from New York, it’s far from one liners and it’s far from Woody Allen. But the […]