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The New York Times has published a new lengthy piece by Zach Braff, charting his journey through theatre. Braff is currently starring in the musical of Bullets Over Broadway, based on the 1994 film by Woody Allen. The article is wonderful, and Braff comes across as very charming. He also mentions that his first film […]
Our video of the week is a nice interview with John Turturro talking about his new film Fading Gigolo. The film co-stars Woody Allen. The video features Turturro talking far more in depth into the themes of the film. He also talked about working with Allen on his script, and his “merciless feedback”. Most interesting […]
With awards season over, we now shift our focus to Magic In the Moonlight, the 2014 upcoming comedy written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone. One of the other stars will be Jacki Weaver, who recently spoke about the film in a new interview. Weaver has been out promoting […]
It’s our video of the week time, and we are looking forward. 2014 is going to be another busy year for Woody Allen, with a number of new projects. Fading Gigolo hits in April, Magic In the Moonlight in July, and no doubt the filming of his 2015 film (somewhere in the US) in the […]
We are counting down to March when the Bullets Over Broadway musical opens in New York. Having been in deep development for a couple of years, we are finally starting to see publicity materials, cast interviews and more. Best of all is a long, 54 minute interview with four members of the cast. The interview […]
Our video of the week captures an interview with Woody Allen in 1967. Held at The Bitter End, the classic folk and comedy club in New York, and recorded for television, it features Woody Allen talking about his stand up. The host is Fred Weintraub and it starts with Woody Allen meeting the first guest, […]
Woody Allen, as expected, did not turn up in LA to accept his Cecil B DeMille Award from the Golden Globes, but we were treated to three things instead – an introduction by Emma Stone, an acceptance by Diane Keaton and the lovely montage of Allen’s films. The montage was supervised by Robert Weide, the […]
Indiewire have posted a new video, a 13 minute interview with Woody Allen from 1979. Conducted in France, it captures Allen out promoting Manhattan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U69mg_1XsIg It’s a pretty good interview with some nice insights. Most interesting is Allen talking about how Paris, how he could see himself making a film there (decades before he did) […]
The Golden Globes happen this Sunday, and Woody Allen is expected to be a big part of it. Not only are two actresses from his latest film Blue Jasmine nominated (Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins), he will be the recipient of the Cecil B DeMille Award – in absentia. On the eve of that event, […]
We are deep into the Awards season, and Blue Jasmine, and Cate Blanchett in particular, are looking to pick up significant awards. Here’s our round-up of various award bits. Deadline has a fresh interview with Letty Aronson, Woody Allen’s long time producer and sister. They discuss awards, and plenty of insights into how Allen works. […]
The cast of Blue Jasmine are back in spotlight, due to the award nominations season. We have new interviews with stars Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale and Max Casella. Hawkins spoke to Vanity Fair. Some highlights: On co-star Louis CK: I was aware of Louie and knew that he was a great comic, but I did […]
Released in 1980, Stardust Memories is one of Allen’s most divisive films. A critical a commercial bomb at the time, it almost derailed his entire career. It is more surreal and colder than anything he’d ever made up to that point. The years have been kinder, with many declaring it one of Allen’s very best. […]
We are definitely in awards season, with Blue Jasmine being one of the favourites for several awards, in particular Best Actress for Cate Blanchett. There’s lots going on, including a new run for ‘Blue Jasmine‘ in US cinemas and a fresh interview with Woody Allen. Sony Pictures Classics have announced that Blue Jasmine will be […]
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’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 […]
News bits: our twice monthly update of Woody Allen bits from around the web… Jennifer Tilly spoke to Mark Thompson on The Edge recently. The podcast features clips from Bullets Over Broadway, and Tilly speaks about Allen and her experience making the film. Starts at about 2:53. Interestingly, she reveals that the part of Olive […]
We never quite know how to handle the infamous scandal that engulfed Woody Allen’s life in 1992. For many people, even 20 years on, it is still the only thing that many people know about Woody Allen. The controversy involving Mia Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn is a messy and complex affair. There are so many […]
UK press continues on this, the opening weekend of Blue Jasmine in the UK. We’ve collected a couple of the new interviews for our Video(s) Of the Week. Our first was posted by the UK distributor for ‘Blue Jasmine‘, Warner Bros. Most interesting from this is how specific the inspiration for Jasmine seems to be. […]
Blue Jasmine has been released to UK cinemas this week. To coincide, two of the big UK newspapers have published new revealing interviews with Allen. Allen also appeared on a BBC radio show. In the Guardian, Allen spoke to Catherine Shoard On having Bernie Madoff in mind. No. I had none of that in mind. […]
Woody Allen’s 2014 film has now wrapped. We don’t know much about this one, but we do know the cast. One is Australian actress Jacki Weaver, who spoke a little about the film at the Toronto International Film Festival last week. Canada.com posed the question whilst Weaver was in Toronto promoting her new film ‘Parkland‘. […]