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Tony Sirico is the latest cast member to joking Woody Allen’s 2017 Film. He joins Jim Belushi, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake and Kate Winslet in the 1950s set film, set to film in New York next month. Deadline has the story. Sirico will probably always be best known for his work on The Sopranos, but […]
Café Society, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out now in US theatres, and some European countries. There’s been some new features highlighting some of the production. There’s been come talk this summer about how the blockbusters have let us down, and films like Café Society are a break from VFX […]
Our latest video looks at Interiors, Woody Allen’s first drama. It surprised his audience, but over the years has been re-evaluated. We’ve re-evaluated it too, in the latest volume of our book series, The Watcher’s Guide (volume 2). In the book, we’ve completely annotated Interiors, tracking all the locations, music cues, and even the cars. […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 94th edition! Hugh Grant is out promoting Florence Foster Jenkins, the new film starring Manhattan‘s Meryl Streep. The film is directed by Stephen Frears, and Grant compared it to his Small Time Crooks director. He spoke to Variety. […]
Café Society has been out in the US for four weeks and five weekends. It held onto a good number of cinemas in the US, although it is beginning to slow down. Café Society has now earned $18,253,186 globally. US leads ($8.4m), France ($7.1m) and Russia ($1.3m). In the US, it was the 12th highest […]
The second volume of our book series is out now! We’ve been working on the most comprehensive Woody Allen film guides out there, gathering together every bit of information we can on all 46 of Woody Allen’s films to date. Volume 1 was released back in May, and our latest volume is out now. Volume […]
There are still some things you can rely on. After their usual summer break, Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band will be returning to their seats at the Carlyle for their regular Monday Night residency. It is a slot they have occupied since 2005. Before the Carlyle, Allen has been performing Jazz […]
18 months after Woody Allen signed a surprise deal with Amazon to create a series, we finally have a name – Crisis In Six Scenes – and a premise. As usual for the secretive Allen, it doesn’t give much away. But here’s everything we do know about the upcoming film – as well as some […]
We’re continuing our series of video essays, with our sixth, the white whale. Annie Hall is Woody Allen’s most loved film. It is usually people’s first Allen film, and it is still breaking hearts to this day. This film has such a story – and really we could have done 20 things. The number of […]
Café Society, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is holding strong in US cinemas in its third week. We have a box office update, and new bits and pieces around social media. Café Society has now earned $15,465,851 worldwide. France still leads the charge with $7m, and Russia just passed $1m. In […]
Can you help us find these Take The Money And Run filming locations? In our quest to make the most comprehensive film guides to Woody Allen’s films, we have been compiling as much location information as possible. More about the locations and how they fit into the films can be found in our book – […]
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! Café Society is out now in US cinemas. It’s Woody Allen’s take on themes that have […]
As is usual for Woody Allen, his films makes the rounds in film festivals around the world. Having already opened to much acclaim in Cannes, two more festival appearances are coming up for Café Society. Next week will see Café Society premiere in Turkey, as part of the Istanbul Film Festival. Like at Cannes, it […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – an irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Over four decades of film making, there’s been plenty of talented people who have passed through Allen’s films who, for whatever reason, didn’t fulfil their acting promise. There’s probably no more dramatic example than […]
It’s video time. Our fifth video essay is about Woody Allen’s fifth film – Love And Death. Made in 1975, it was Allen’s goodbye to his early slapstick comedies, and hints at the depth of the career to come. In our video, we look at: The book that Allen released in the same year The […]
Café Society is out now in the US, and over the past weekend it played to more people than ever – expanding to a soft wide release of 565 cinemas. The film is now just shy of $4 million in the US, and flies straight past $10m globally. We also have a new US TV […]
As is usual, almost a year after the film was released in the US, Irrational Man has been released in Japan and Korea. For some reason, they take a year to hit those countries. The release has pushed the film to a new box office milestone. Irrational Man has now earned $27,391,084 worldwide. After a year, […]
News Bits! Our now monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 93rd edition! Here’s one for all of July. Actor Seamon Glass has died. He appeared in Sleeper as a guard. He told Classic TV History: I had an on-camera fight with Woody Allen. Sleeper is where he wakes […]
Zelig is the latest Woody Allen film to come to Blu-Ray. The limited edition of just 3000 copies comes from Twilight Time, where you can purchase the new edition. It is the first time the film has been made available on Blu-Ray anywhere in the world. Here’s the box art, and inlay art is above. […]
Café Society is out now and making its way through America (and overseas). There was a blitz of publicity with the stars a couple of weeks ago, but there were some voices we’ve never heard from. Corey Stoll has spoken about his role, and also colourist Anthony Raffaele, who worked on the film’s look and […]