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News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 83rd edition! And a brief one for the end of the year. Happy new year everyone! Haskell Wexler has passed away. The legendary cinematographer lens such greats as ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?‘ and ‘Days Of Heaven‘. […]
Kristen Stewart has overcome her franchise roots to become a regular fixture in the end of year awards scene. This year is no different with Stewart gaining acclaim for her role in Olivier Assayas‘ Clouds Of Sils Maria. Stewart is starring in Allen’s next feature, his 2016 Film, with Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg and […]
The Writers Guild Of America recently polled their members for the funniest screenplay, a list that was topped by Annie Hall. Seven of Allen’s films made the list, and the WGA sat down with Allen to discuss the list, but instead they talked about the craft of screenwriting, with Allen giving real insight into his […]
Irrational Man is the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen. It opened in Italy this week, and was the last big European country to release the film. The Italian distributor made some cool e-cards, and there’s a new box office update. The global box office is now $22,034,318. Leading the charge is France […]
It seems every year, the reputation of Crimes And Misdemeanors grows in stature. It was a landmark film for Allen, a rare step into drama at a time when he was best known for his comedies. Now it seems to be the first and best of Allen’s dark dramas. Our video of the week is […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 82nd edition! Diane Keaton is starring in the new film ‘Love The Coopers‘. To promote it, she is on the cover of AARP magazine. It is a wonderful long yarn about her whole career, and into some […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A new series where we recommend films referenced, inspired, influenced or generally like a certain Woody Allen film, from his first to his latest. All picks are subjective – let the arguments begin! First released in 1975, Love And Death marks the end of Allen’s slapstick period. He would […]
Kristen Stewart doesn’t stop – she works just as hard as Woody Allen. Which makes sense that they are making a film together – Allen’s next one, his 2016 Film. Another thing they share is they are loved in France. Stewart is there making a new film, ‘Personal Shopper‘, directed by Olivier Assayas. She found […]
Production has wrapped on the upcoming 2016 film written and directed by Woody Allen. It is his first with award winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. Storaro has been talking about the new film in bits and pieces, and is the only one giving us any insight. Most of the questions focus on this being Allen’s first […]
Woody Allen is 80! Apparently he didn’t celebrate but many others did on their behalf. Here’s a quick wrap of various articles, lists and tweets. Esquire revisited Allen’s appearances in their magazine over the years. They also compiled all the times they had Allen on the cover as well as looking at how Allen has […]
Woody Allen turns 80 on 1st December 2015. 80 years is a remarkable milestone. We thought about doing something big to celebrate. But Allen has grumbled all year about this day – and how it is like any other, how he will not be making a big deal of it, how there is no meaning […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 81st edition! Jesse Eisenberg has said before that Woody Allen is his favourite director. He’s wrapped production on Allen’s upcoming 2016 film, his second with Allen after To Rome With Love. Eisenberg recently wrote a piece for […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A new series where we recommend films referenced, inspired, influenced or generally like a certain Woody Allen film, from his first to his latest. All picks are subjective – let the arguments begin! This is the fifth in our new series to expand recommendations for films like Woody Allen […]
Irrational Man, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, has wrapped up its cinema run in most countries. And now we have first details of the film’s home release on DVD and Blu-Ray. The first releases come in January. The first release is the US. The digital version hits digital services (like iTunes) […]
Vittorio Storaro is the award winning cinematographer who has shot Woody Allen’s upcoming 2016 film which stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. He has also pulled off a minor miracle – convincing the notoriously technology shy Allen to use digital cameras for the first time. The results remain to be seen, but Storaro made some […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Woody Allen has loved Paris for a long time, but it took him over 40 films before he made a film that was fully set there. The result was Midnight In Paris, as […]
Shadows And Fog is the newest Woody Allen film to hit Blu-Ray. The release comes from Twilight Time who have been releasing Allen films on limited edition Blu-Rays for the last couple of years. Like all their releases, ‘Shadows And Fog‘ is limited to 3000 copies. ‘Shadows And Fog‘ was first released in 1991. At […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Jan Wallman has died. Wallman was a club owner in Greenwich Village, and looked after venues where Woody Allen got his start. Others who played in Wallman’s early clubs were Joan Rivers and Barbara Streisand. The New York Times obit […]
Annie Hall has topped a prestigious new list. The Writers Guild Of America have announced their list of 101 Funniest Screenplays. Woody Allen’s 1977 classic with Diane Keaton tops the list. Allen had more films on the the list than any writer with seven. The award was presented by Rob Reiner (who appeared in Bullets Over […]
There’s always a problem with writing books about Woody Allen – he’s bound to make your work out of date. Now we have ‘Woody: The Biography‘, a new profile on Allen that brings us up to date. In fact, there probably has not been a career long overview since Eric Lax‘s ‘Conversations With Woody Allen‘ […]