All things Woody Allen – a fansite, news and reviews
After a rush of books last year around Allen’s 80th birthday, there seems to be a slow down this year. Breaking the glut is a new ebook by Chris Wade, who has written books on subjects as diverse as The Kinks to Sharon Stone. Chris’s new book is called WOODY ALLEN ON SCREEN, and it […]
We were sad to hear Richard Schickel passed away. The prominent American film critic spent almost 40 years at Time Magazine, as well as a library of books and created many documentaries about film. You can read an obituary at the New York Times. Schickel loved Woody Allen, and made a documentary on Allen. Called […]
Miley Cyrus is the star of the first ever Woody Allen series, called Crisis In Six Scenes. The reviews for the series have been mixed, but a lot of them point to Cyrus as a bright spot. The two might initially seem from separate worlds, but both have a lot in common – from a […]
Miley Cyrus is not only the most visible star of Woody Allen’s upcoming Amazon series Crisis In Six Scenes, she’s one of the most famous people in the world. She’s done some interviews to promote the new show, and the first to hit will be Elle. They’ve posted some excerpts, where Cyrus confirms details on […]
Café Society opens in the UK today. In the lead-up, there’s been some more interviews with the cast, including a couple of new video interviews, and features with Allen, and stars Jesse Eisenberg and Blake Lively. Allen first. Here’s Allen, talking about wealth and playing the lottery with the Guardian. In a new interview with […]
A raft of new interviews have come in with Woody Allen from European press. Café Society, his new film, is being released in some major European markets in the coming weeks. In these wide ranging interviews, he discusses his new film, the one he’s about to make, his Amazon series Crisis In Six Scenes and […]
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 […]
Woody Allen is out doing press for his latest film, Café Society. As usual, he’s already onto his next project, a 2017 film with the cast announced and filming due to start in autumn/fall. In a new interview with the Inquirer, he revealed more about that film, and one of the cast members – Justin […]
With just a few days to go, publicity is really ramping up for Café Society, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. In New York this week are Blake Lively, Parker Posey and Kristen Stewart, all doing lots of interviews in the last 24 hours. Even Jesse Eisenberg filmed a few words from […]
Café Society, the newest film written and directed by Woody Allen is released on the 15th July. With the release date fast approaching, there’s a couple of new interviews about the film. Both discuss the physical challenges of making the new film. With Page Six, Allen talked about the challenge of shooting in New York. […]
Woody Allen and his cast for Café Society has generated a lot of press in the last several days (to say the least) at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. Here’s a big wrap of various videos, links and photos – there’s so much of it, it is frankly hard to keep up. Blake Lively and […]
We are now counting down the hours until Café Society, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival. Being the prestigious opening night film, many film trades are covering this important event on the film calendar. Following The Hollywood Reporter‘s cover feature of Allen, US trade mag Variety […]
Lots and lots of news coming out for Café Society in the days leading up to its world premiere on 11th May. All eyes are on the Cannes Film Festival, Allen has been in France doing interviews. The new interview from France TV. We can’t embed the video, but you can watch it on their […]
Café Society, the new (and 46th) film written and directed by Woody Allen, comes out next week in France, and will also open the 69th Cannes Film Festival. To coincide, The Hollywood Reporter has a new wide ranging interview with Allen, where he discusses working with Amazon, and the new film, and much more. There […]
Café Society, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, opens in France in just a week. In the lead up, we are starting to see some interviews with French press for both Allen and stars Kristen Stewart. Along with the articles, there are new photos. Note that some of this comes from Google […]
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 […]
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‘ […]
It is a big year for Woody Allen, as he is about to celebrate his 80th birthday, and 50 years of making films. In 2015, he remains a vital person in popular culture, and as busy as ever. Film critic Tom Shone knows more about that vitality and long career than most people, both from […]
‘Woody Allen Film By Film‘ is a fantastic new book from UK film critic Jason Solomons. It is a comprehensive look at Allen’s film career – spanning all the films he wrote and directed, and taking us all the way up to date to this year’s Irrational Man. Solomons was one of the first people on […]