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News Bits from around the web. Usually monthly but with so much going on, we had to do two this month! Artist Nina Boesch has paid tribute to some of the New York City’s icon with a part of New York itself. She has taken thousands of New York subway tickets and created new portraits […]
Woody Allen has wrapped shooting his next film in San Francisco. The untitled 2013 film (being made under the title ‘Woody Allen Summer Project’) has been shooting in San Francisco since 6th August. The final week saw Allen shoot in many more public locations, as well as what could be a number of reshoots. The […]
Interiors is Woody Allen’s first serious work – a quiet drama about a family. It’s not only his first dramatic film – it’s his first dramatic ANYTHING. Years of stand up, playwriting, acting and writing comic short stories was put aside for 100 minutes. Allen has said that when he was young he realised he […]
Woody Allen continued location shooting of his latest film in San Francisco this week. It’s been very exciting for the SF residents, who have been out in force, and with plenty of camera phones. It’s Allen’s second time directing a film in San Francisco. The first was, amazingly, 44 years earlier for his directorial debut […]
UK film magazine Sight & Sound has revealed the final part of their 2012 poll, by revealing all the votes from the hundreds of directors polled. They previously released the entire voting from critics – where Annie Hall was the highest voted Woody Allen film. The Director’s poll has two films tied for first place […]
Woody Allen is wrapping up his third week in a row on location in San Francisco, filming his next, still untitled feature. We have more photos, a glimpse of Bobby Cannavale, and little bit more information on Sally Hawkins‘ character, and plenty of Soon Yi-Previn spotting. These past few days saw production continue at various […]
To Rome With Love, the latest film by Woody Allen, will premiere in Australia as part of the Lavazza Italian Film Festival. The festival runs from September til October in all five Australian capital cities. In Sydney and Melbourne, ‘To Rome With Love‘ will be the special closing night feature. The Lavazza Italian Film Festival […]
We were sad to hear that director Tony Scott passed away on 19th August, 2012, in an apparent suicide. The much respected director specialised in action films. He will go down in history as the director of ‘Top Gun‘. He also has such hits as ‘Days Of Thunder‘, ‘Beverly Hills Cop 2‘, ‘Enemy Of the […]
Annie Hall is a difficult one to review. We’ve seen this film so many times. For most people, it’s the first Woody Allen film you hear about, and the first you ever saw. It’s been with us long enough to inspire a love that led to a whole website. It’s considered the best Woody Allen […]
View Woody Allen Filming Locations in a larger map One of the aims for this site is to try and use new web tools in the world of Woody Allen. More cool features will come as we get to them, but today we launch our first – a Filming Locations Map. It’s still very much […]
Principal photography continues for Woody Allen’s next, still untitled film, set in San Francisco. There’s been plenty of San Francisco sightings of Woody Allen, and his cast and crew in recent weeks. This week was no exception as we got more photos thanks to people on the scene, and our first look at Sally Hawkins. […]
Woody Allen is a couple of weeks into filming his latest, as-yet-untitled film in San Francisco. He has been spotted in public many times, with the city being very excited about having the director in town. It is not the first time Allen has been in a film shot in San Fran. His first film, […]
Sight & Sound revealed the a number of lists last week – Greatest Films as voted by critics and by directors. No Woody Allen films made the critic’s 50, or the director’s 10. But Sight & Sound has now published the voting from all 800+ critics. A number of Woody Allen films have made the […]
News Bits from around the web. Usually monthly but with so much going on, we thought we’d do a mid-month update. Meets Obsession, a fashion blog, has picked Annie Hall to feature in it’s Icon Archives series. They discuss a bit about Annie Hall’s fashion and style, including it’s influence on Marc Jacobs. Talenthouse has […]
Woody Allen’s next, and still untitled film, is still filming in San Francisco. The filming has been very public, with Woody Allen, the crew, and the stars, taking to the streets. Many of the stars have been spotted this week. The film has been using the name ‘WASP‘, which some has taken as slang. In […]
This week brought sad news of the passing of two people who had a crucial effect on Woody Allen’s early career. Marvin Hamlisch 1944-2012 Marvin Hamlisch has had a long career and a composer, mainly in films. He has written songs that everyone knows. He is most famous for the song ‘The Way We Were‘, […]
Woody Allen’s top 10 films was recently revealed in the latest Sight & Sound poll. Amongst the films were ‘The Seventh Seal‘ by Ingmar Bergman. Allen’s love of Bergman is well documented. The character of Death from ‘The Seventh Seal‘ was parodied in Love And Death. Bergman is referenced in Annie Hall, a film that […]
It’s been a busy production week on Woody Allen’s latest – and still – untitled 2013 film. We have lots of updates including new photos, plots and character details, locations and you’re chance to appear as an extra (maybe). Allen’s been filming in plenty of areas around San Francisco. Marin’s had two days – Tiburon […]
Love And Death marks the end of Woody Allen’s ‘early, funny’ period. Although not as openly mad and frenetic as Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex…, it sees Allen flirting with influences beyond his stand up and TV persona. It’s one of his funniest films, but it also hints at something a lot […]
To Rome With Love has opened in a number of countries, and is still playing in most of them (including the US). This weekend, it’s worldwide box office has surpassed $40 million, according to Box Office Mojo. As of 5th August 2012, ‘To Rome With Love‘ sits on $40,007,507 worldwide. The US leads the charge […]