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The Simpsons paid tribute to Woody Allen in their latest episode, ‘Love Is A Many Splintered Thing‘, aired 10th Feb 2013 in the US. It was the 520th episode of the long running series. Allen has been mentioned, referenced, portrayed and parodied in many Simpsons episodes over its 24 season career, but this episode was […]
The soundtrack to Woody Allen’s 2011 film Midnight In Paris has won the Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (essentially Best Soundtrack) at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. It is the first time a Woody Allen film has ever been nominated, let alone win, in the category. ‘Midnight In Paris‘ beat out ‘The […]
This is one of Allen’s best films. It’s his 21st film as a writer/director, and it shows him at his most energetic, creative and vital, even though the subject matter is extremely bleak. The film, the examination of modern marriage, was released at the same time his relationship with Farrow ended, and it’s tough to […]
Woody Allen joins an array of guest stars who feature in the new documentary ‘The Unbeilevers‘. The trailer has just been posted, and features some footage of Allen. The official synopsis: “The Unbelievers” follows renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss across the globe as they talk about the benefits of science in the modern […]
Woody Allen returns to The Simpsons for a second appearance this season – their 24th. He appeared in the season premiere ‘Moonshine River‘ in September last year. That storyline continues on the 10th February 2013 episode ‘Love is a Many-Splintered Thing‘. Both episodes feature a new love interest for Bart named Mary Spuckler (Zooey Deschanel). […]
Woody Allen loves improvisation. He usually let’s his actors brings his own words to the table, and he is known to do multiple takes of jokes with different punchlines. His love of the Marx Brothers is also on show in the way he improvises his physical humour. It’s one of those physical scenes that is […]
Sony Pictures Classics announced the release date for Woody Allen’s 2013 film Blue Jasmine today – 26th July 2013. It’s a limited release in New York and LA only. This limited release schedule has worked wonders for Allen. Both Midnight In Paris and To Rome With Love have broken records when it comes to box […]
Peter Sarsgaard and Andrew Dice Clay are two of the many stars appearing in Woody Allen’s 2013 film ‘Blue Jasmine‘. Both have been doing press for other projects, and have been asked about working with Woody Allen, although both were tight lipped about plot details. Peter Sarsgaard’s new film is Lovelace. It also stars Amanda […]
Paris Manhattan, the 2012 French film inspired by Woody Allen (and featuring him in a cameo role) will debut in the US in April. The romantic comedy written and directed by Sophie Lellouche will debut on 11th April at the JFilm Festival in Pittsburgh. The film is fine romantic comedy, and stars Alice Taglioni as […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. We are talking Sophie Lellouche stalking Allen, his love of the Knicks, Tiffani Theissen, Star Wars and more. Sophie Lellouche has done an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, revealing how she managed to get Woody Allen to appear in her debut […]
Our video of the week is a vintage interview from 1965, when Allen was deep in the stand up circuit. He has just made his first venture into film – writing the screenplay for What’s New Pussycat? This is before Woody Allem started answering every question with a joke, and he is surprisingly frank and […]
An amazing exclusive, Woody Allen was interviewed by Steve Vizard on Australian radio. The occasion was the release of You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger in Australia. Steve Vizard is well known to Australian audiences, having been a TV funny man for many decades, from sketch comedy to talk show host. The interview was broadcast […]
Shadows And Fog is one of the strangest films in Woody Allen’s canon. It’s a 90 minute, black and white allegorical play about death and religion. Lucky for Woody Allen that by this point, it had been decades since he had to pitch a film to anyone. Woody Allen stars as Kleinman, returning to being […]
The very first release dates for Blue Jasmine have slowly started to filter out. We now have dates for Brazil, Quebec (and Canada?), Scandinavia and Argentina from various online sources. They are to-be-confirmed although we see no reason for them to lie. We can also speculate about additional markets. Our two main sources have been […]
With the release of To Rome With Love this week on DVD, we thought we’d share this clip of Woody Allen discussing Federico Fellini. Fellini was probably on the brain when Allen made ‘To Rome With Love‘. Woody Allen has made no secret for his love of Fellini. The Italian director is considered one of […]
Jesse Eisenberg has done a series of interviews to promote To Rome With Love. Eisenberg was absent when promoting the cinema release, although there was plenty from the large cast. In the interviews, he has been asked in depth about the film and working with Woody. Two most common threads have been him saying Woody […]
It’s has been almost four months since we did our previous round-up of the 2013 film. Since that time, we’ve learnt a few more things, mainly the title – Blue Jasmine. We thought it was a good time to revisit and update our comprehensive round up. Plot & Title: The 2013 film is called ‘Blue […]
Alice is a lovely film, and highly under-rated. It has all the hallmarks of a great Woody Allen film – heart, fun, movie-magic – and a great cast anchored by Mia Farrow‘s best performance. It really deserves to be more acclaimed. Mia Farrow stars as the titular Alice Tate. An upper class New York kept […]
Two of Woody Allen’s best films, Sleeper and Hannah And Her Sisters, made it to Blu-Ray this week in the US. The release follows the blu-ray upgrades of Annie Hall and Manhattan in January last year. Originally released in 1973, ‘Sleeper‘ stars Woody Allen as Miles Monroe, a man who is put into a cyrogenic […]
This fun clip is taken from the Merv Griffin Show from 1969. It’s Allen still very much in stand-up comic mode, and out promoting Take The Money And Run. It’s interesting to think how adverse to interviews he is these days, when he used to be so good at it. He’s natural wit is there, […]