All things Woody Allen – a fansite, news and reviews
November News Bits! Our twice-monthly round-up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been out on promo, and has talked a little about working with Woody Allen on Match Point. In particular, the sex scenes. From the Independent. Woody Allen is a disaster when it comes to doing sex scenes. […]
Huffington Post has managed to grab a lengthy, extended interview with Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Dice Clay, two of the stars of Blue Jasmine. It was a Q&A with Rob Feld, held after a screening of the film for award season voters. We haven’t heard much from Cannavale, so it’s refreshing to hear from him. […]
This Christmas is quite light on new Woody Allen products. However, there is one new box set being released in Australia. ‘European Love Affair‘ collects some of Allen’s most recent and successful films of recent years. Hopscotch Films, Allen’s Australian distributor for some years now, has put the set together. It features three films – […]
Fading Gigolo is the new film written, directed and starring John Turturro, and starring Woody Allen. Production wrapped in 2012 and we were hoping for 2013 release. That looked less and less likely as the year went on. Now we have a confirmed Canadian release for 2014, which may lead to clues about when it […]
As 2013 draws to a close, there’s plenty of discussion over who will take out the year’s big awards. Cate Blanchett is everyone’s frontrunner for Best Actress for her role in Blue Jasmine, the new film by Woody Allen. That standing holds well as it’s been announced that she is receiving the first award for […]
Woody Allen’s London period became a European period with Vicky Cristina Barcelona. And unlike his London films, which were re-written from American settings, Spain is a deep part of this film. A mix of romance and morality, it is rightly considered one of the highlights of his later career. Rebecca Hall stars as Vicky, and […]
Briefly: FilmNation Entertainment announced last month that it acquired the international sales for Woody Allen’s 2014 film – ‘Magic In the Moonlight‘. News on the new film is short, but this week the CEO of FilmNation Glen Basner has made some brief comments about the film. According to Variety: That’s a little bit extra special. […]
The gang at Official Comedy have once again set their sights on Woody Allen. This time they’ve compiled a ‘supercut’ of every time someone says ‘making love’ in a Woody Allen film. And as you can imagine, there’s a lot of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2rG_xjFq9Q The thing about these supercuts and Woody Allen is he’s made forty […]
Princeton University are extending their Woody Allen exhibition. Highlighting some of the new papers that Allen has donated to the university, the exhibition will now run until November 17. We also have a small snippet of Allen’s appearance at Princeton last month. Princeton’s own blog announced the news, and the exhibition can be found at […]
The December issue of UK Harper’s Bazaar features Cate Blanchett on the cover. Inside, the Blue Jasmine star interviews her director – Woody Allen. The interview appears on Harper’s Bazaar website and covers a wide range of topics, and are full of revelations. There’s also a new photo shoot with Allen and Blanchett together. Some […]
We are a little over three months since the first release of Blue Jasmine in the US. Having opened since in many parts of the world, Blue Jasmine has just passed a milestone – $70 million global box office. The global box office for ‘Blue Jasmine‘ is $70,891,372. Noth America makes up $32.3 million of […]
The real VOTW we wanted was the brief but excellent Woody Allen impression by Edward Norton on last week’s ‘Saturday Night Live‘. Norton of course appeared in Everyone Say I Love You (doing a little bit of a Woody Allen impersonation) and the sketch was part of the opening sequence and also featured Alec Baldwin […]
The Hollywood Reporter today has published a new open letter from Woody Allen. The letter is his thoughts on the casting of his films, and his work with his long time casting director Juliet Taylor. The letter coincides with a larger conversation about casting. At the moment, there is no Academy Award for casting, an […]
Our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around web. Happy Halloween! There was actually a Woody Allen related pumpkin carving this year – for the ‘Bullets Over Broadway Musical‘. Check out all the photos. We are very much enjoying the new Stephen Merchant series ‘Hello Ladies’ on HBO. The transplanted brit spoke […]
Woody Allen made his scheduled appearance at Princeton this week. He recently donated a new collection of papers to Princeton – including scripts, essays, drafts and more. As part of the new acquisition, Allen appeared and was interviewed on stage. Allen was interviewed for an hour on stage. We don’t know if the event was […]
We’ve been revisiting Allen’s first burst of London films. It all began with Match Point, a massive turning point in Allen’s career, and our video this week is an interview with the primary cast – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode and Brian Cox – as well as Woody Allen himself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf18rH0_se8 […]
Princeton University in New Jersey has officially announced a new collection of Woody Allen’s papers on display. It coincides with an appearance by Allen on October 27. The papers will be displayed at the Firestone Library. According to the Princeton Blog, the papers are on display from 21-28 October, but they will live on their […]
A new story from the New York Post has lifted the lid on the casting of the Bullets Over Broadway Musical. Amongst the more prominent roles yet to be cast is the one of Helen Sinclair. But one name has emerged as the leading contender – Marin Mazzie. The also reveals that a number of […]
Cassandra’s Dream marks Woody Allen’s third film in a row in London. It’s another serious morality tale – with not a hint of Allen’s wit on show. Featuring original score, it’s an intense and bizarre film – that ultimately doesn’t work. Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor star as Terry and Ian, two brothers with big […]
Casting By is a new documentary about the casting process. Having done the rounds of film festivals and screened on HBO, it is now hitting cinemas in New York and Los Angeles for a short theatrical run. The film features many superstars, including Woody Allen. The story of film casting is told through the life […]