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Crimes And Misdemeanors is the best Woody Allen drama. It is one of his meat-iest works, and having played around with drama and morality before. But here Allen goes for it, and pulls off a masterful – and very disturbing – work. Woody Allen stars as Cliff Stern, and Martin Landau stars as Judah Rosenthal. […]
We had the scoop last week, but it looks like everyone’s picked up on it now. Woody Allen’s 2013 film is called ‘Blue Jasmine’ and the distributor will be Sony Picture Classics for North America. This has been confirmed today in a short press release. Here’s the press release: SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES WOODY ALLEN’S […]
Happy new year everyone! It’s time to start up our video of the week series again. We’re starting with something fun – at least for us, if not for Woody. It’s a compilation of Woody Allen being dumped in his films, put together by Ivan Stepanovic. Sure he gets dumped, but that is definitely a […]
According to tweets this morning, Woody Allen’s 2013 film will be called ‘Blue Jasmine‘. The tweets come from France, and they claim the film will be released in the ‘second half’ of 2013. Woody Allen films are usually released early in the year and roll out over the year in different markets. We have yet […]
UPDATED 2013 Details here – Performance News Woody Allen & the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band returns to their regular Monday night residency at the Carlyle Hotel in New York, according to the website of Jerry Zigmont. Zigmont is the trombonist in the band, and one of the more visible members of Woody Allen’s […]
Our twice monthly round-up of Woody Allen stuff from around the web. It’s a quiet period, with Christmas and New Years, but here’s what we’ve got. Quite an excellent video from the University of Huddersfield. It’s the opening scene of Manhattan, but about their town. It’s beautifully shot and lovingly done, with a nicely modern […]
We’ve known for a while that comedian Andrew Dice Clay is starring in the upcoming, 2013 Woody Allen film. However he was one of the least visible in terms of shooting, having only been spotted in New York, and not in San Francisco where most of the film is set. Now Dice Clay has been […]
Another Woman is another serious drama, only his third drama by this point. He would become a lot better at it, but this film suffers from a truly sleepy, almost boring pace. A lackluster film, with an interesting premise, but ultimately Allen’s least lovely film to this point. Gena Rowland stars as Marion Post. A […]
Sony Pictures Classics, the distributors for Midnight In Paris, has officially responded to the case brought about by William Faulkner‘s estate – and they’ve asked for it to be dismissed outright. Earlier this year, William Faulner’s estate brought suit against Sony Picture Classics over the use of one line of dialogue in Woody Allen’s 2011 […]
2012 proved to be a significant year for Woody Allen on Blu-Ray. It saw the first major release of Woody Allen’s catalogue on Blu-Ray, starting with his two biggest films – Annie Hall and Manhattan. Midnight In Paris Once again sneaking out at the end of December 2011, ‘Midnight In Paris‘ was widely made […]
Woody Allen’s birthday was 1st December. There were plenty of tributes across the blog world. Here’s Art Magenta: Arun Ramkumar: From Twitter user @davidhclowes And Neil Davidson: The Huffington Post has ‘Woody Allen’s 50 Greatest Lines’. Not only from his films but from books like Getting Even and great off-the-cuff comments in interviews, such as […]
September marks the beginning of a series of serious dramas, many of them troublesome, that Allen directed. It is one of Allen’s most humble films – with one setting and a handful of characters, it is a play on film. It has some great performances, but in the end it lacks much of Allen’s flair. […]
If you’re a film fan in Melbourne this summer, you can watch some wonderful films at the Rooftop Cinemas. But there’s an added bonus for Woody Allen fans. Local artist Olso Davis has created Melbhattan, a tribute to Melbourne, in the style of the opening sequence in Manhattan. Meticulously animating the Melbourne versions of each […]
2012 was another busy year for Woody Allen DVDs. A new box set series was released in Europe and Australia, as well as 2011’s Midnight In Paris and this year’s Woody Allen: A Documentary. Other bits and pieces as well, and we have the full round up. Midnight In Paris ‘Midnight In Paris‘, Woody Allen’s […]
Tim Minchin is a UK based, Australian born comedian who specialises in humourous songs. He’s also no stranger to controversy, being very outspoken (and often funny) about his political and religious beliefs. It’s the holiday season, and Minchin recently performed a new live version of a holiday themed song. ‘Woody Allen Jesus‘ actually got Minchin […]
Not much in Fading Gigolo land this week. We are wrapping up the last of the filming news we have. A full wrap up of everything we know about the film coming soon. Here’s the news. Westsider Books was transformed last week for the filming. Located on 80th and Broadway in Manhattan, it was turned […]
Bullets Over Broadway is coming to, well, Broadway. Set for the 2013-2014 season, it will take the 1994 Woody Allen comedy to the stage with music of the period. We now have more details of the Tony Award winning production team behind it. Five time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (who previously worked on ‘The […]
Radio Days marks the culmination of everything Woody Allen had done to that point. Featuring plenty of Allen’s past cast, and mixes European feel, directing flair, old time entertainment, the documentary form and something very American into a great film. Woody Allen narrates an almost biographical story, about a child who grows up in the […]
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger was first released in 2010. It just hit cinemas in Japan this month and even more surprisingly, will be released in cinemas for the first time in Australia and New Zealand in 2013. 1st December was when ‘…Stranger‘ hit Japanese theatres. 17th January 2013 is the date set […]
Our twice monthly round-up of Woody Allen bits around the web. New York Times reports some good news. The house from Radio Days has survived Hurricane Sandy. The house, located on Beach 115th Street, Rockaway, NY, sustained her share of water and wind damage, but she is still standing. Lee Qumby, who owns the house, […]