All things Woody Allen – a fansite, news and reviews
The arc of Woody Allen’s career has taken many side roads, but Sweet And Lowdown could be the most un-Woody Allen of all of Woody Allen’s films. A fictional biopic period drama about a struggling jazz guitarist, it’s far from New York, it’s far from one liners and it’s far from Woody Allen. But the […]
Allen’s latest, Blue Jasmine, didn’t make it to Cannes this year. But the actor will return to the city in a couple of months to make his 2014 film. With the wrap up of Cannes 2012, we thought we’d revisit some old interviews with Allen at Cannes. We settled on a series of interviews from […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits around the web. ‘Scrubs‘ star Zach Braff has been in the news, thanks to a conversation he had with Woody Allen. Braff (who had a small role in Manhattan Murder Mystery) has been using Kickstarter to raise funds for a new film. In an interview on […]
It’s been an unusually quiet week in Blue Jasmine news, Woody Allen’s 2013 film that is released in just 8 weeks. We do have some plot revelations, a teaser poster, the names of more characters and the running time. Wall Street Journal has noted the parallel between ‘Blue Jasmine‘ and the Bernie Madoff scandal. Speakeasy […]
A call has gone out to look for up to 500 extras to appear in Woody Allen’s 2014 film, the comedy starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone, set to shoot in France in just over a month. Nice Matin was one of various publications that ran the the story. They are looking for Causcasion Men […]
Details are beginning to emerge about Woody Allen’s 2014 film, set to be his 43rd as writer and director. New articles gives us an update of the parts of France the film is set, and a juicy detail about the time it’s set. The Riviera Times has the big story Soon the towns of Antibes, […]
We’ve been searching out old Celebrity-era interviews since we reviewed it, and came across this – a 45 minute, full show interview between Allen and Michael Parkinson. Parkinson is one of the most revered TV hosts in the UK, and was granted very special access to Allen. The fascinating interview is highlighted by Parkinson’s brave […]
Two articles coming out of Brazil have mentioned actresses that have been approached to be part of a new Woody Allen project. The reports have little information, but are interesting nonetheless (and it doesn’t seem to be an April Fool’s). Firstly the articles (translated by Google, so the bad grammar is not the site’s fault): […]
Coming straight after Deconstructing Harry, Celebrity is another harsh, angry film. Shot in stark black and white and with a biting, sour message, it is at times hard to swallow. It has its moments but its an angry yell that lacks heart. Kenneth Branagh stars as Lee Simon, a journalist with aspirations of higher writing. […]
Sony Pictures Classics has revealed the poster for Blue Jasmine, the latest film from Woody Allen, due to hit the US on 26th July. The poster is striking for its simplicity. It features just Cate Blanchett, who plays Jasmine, looking rather serious. Other elements seem to be standard Woody Allen – the alphabetical cast list, […]
Casting By, a new documentary about the art of casting, has announced some pretty big release dates. The film, which features Woody Allen amongst its many talking heads, will see its biggest film festival showing to date, and finally a wide TV premiere. Casting By has been doing the rounds of film festivals for months, […]
We are still living off fumes when it comes to news about Blue Jasmine, the 2013 film from writer/director Woody Allen. We are less than ten weeks from its official release (26th July in the US), and we know some people have been lucky enough to preview the film. We now have new comments from […]
The official release date for Blue Jasmine in the US is 26 July, but there will be a very special screening in New Jersey next month. It is the first publicly available tickets to see Woody Allen’s 2013 film. There are two special screenings on the 27th June. Here are the details from the Monmouth […]
In 1987, the controversy over colourisation hit its peak. New colourisation companies were adding colour to old films without any consent, or direction, from the original creators. And a bunch of those creators rallied against it, and sought the US government’s help to create laws to stop it. This hour long video features Woody Allen, […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen news bits from around the web. Greta Gerwig is on the cover of the new issue of The Village Voice. She is out promoting ‘Frances Ha‘, directed by Noah Baumbach, and has plenty of Woody Allen overtones. Gerwig starred in To Rome With Love last year, and […]
Sony Pictures Classics has released another new image from Woody Allen’s 2013 film Blue Jasmine. The new image features the films two most famous stars – Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin. Blanchett and Baldwin are a married couple in ‘Blue Jasmine‘, until their marriage ends and it sends Blanchett to San Francisco. The new image […]
We are less than two months from the release of Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s 2013 film. So we are still craving any and all details from the typically secretive new film. We have interesting praise from Rolling Stone, suggesting they have seen the film, and a quote from Alec Baldwin about his character. Rolling Stone […]
Blue Jasmine, the new film from Woody Allen, begins it’s prolonged release schedule in July. As is standard now from Allen, a small limited premiere leads to a longer roll out across the world that can sometimes last a year. We have been seeing bits and pieces that are telling us about both the international […]
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s 2014 film, has not even got a trailer or a poster, but at least one source has reported on the buzz around Cate Blanchett‘s performance. And that buzz has spread to the film itself. It’s our first opinion about the new film. Roger Friedman from Showbiz411 has this to say: The […]
Deconstructing Harry is one of Allen’s harshest films. Prostitution, kidnapping, infidelity, betrayal. Ironically, this is his first film after his deal with the cutting edge Miramax. There’s even casual use of the word cunt. But that harsh surface obscures some pretty astute comedy. But that comedy also covers up a by the numbers story. Woody […]