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This fantastic 15 minute interview with Allen was conducted by reporter and critic Bobbie Wygant, who is a bit of a southern belle. It’s wonderful to see Allen both as master filmmaker (as he is by now), but still cheeky and in talk show mode. The interview was done to promote Allen’s latest film, A […]
Fading Gigolo, the new film written, directed and starring John Turturro and starring Woody Allen, has premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. A great place to launch a film to the wider film industry, it seems to have worked as ‘Fading Gigolo‘ now has a distributor. Millennium Entertainment has picked up the US rights […]
This one was too good to pass up, so we decided to have a second Video Of the Week. It’s Woody Allen on BBC Newsnight, and it’s amazing to see Allen being interviewed on such a mainstream, popular programme. The interview was conducted in France, around the time of the French premiere of Blue Jasmine. […]
It seems Woody Allen has wrapped his 2014 film in the South of France. Allen has returned to New York, and the cast has gone their separate ways. Now comes the inevitable questions about the film to the cast members, and first up is Hamish Linklater and Simon McBurney. Linklater is having a very busy […]
Our twice-monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. If you’ve seen Blue Jasmine, you’ll know Joy Carlin appears in one of the very first scenes. SFgate spoke to her about working with Allen and Cate Blanchett. “He doesn’t say much to the actors,” Carlin says. “But he told me to put […]
Blue Jasmine has been out for a month in the US, and is starting to roll out around the world. There’s been plenty of interviews, more than we can cover, with the cast and Allen himself. This week, we are taking the chance to catch up on some of the video interviews, in our multiple […]
Blue Jasmine has been out for two weeks, and we’ve been covering some of the many, many reviews and articles covering its release. Many tread familiar ground, but a handful have taken interesting angles on the new film. Here are some extras – from the reactions from the dental community to Blanchett’s sunglasses. The dental […]
Woody Allen did only a handful of interviews in June to promote Blue Jasmine, before shooting off to France to make his 2014 Film. One of those pieces, for Esquire, has just hit stands. We also catch up with an article in Variety. The Esquire piece is presented as a series of quotes, many of […]
The Emmy Award nominations were announced. Congrats the following Woody Allen alumni: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (Deconstructing Harry) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (Alice, To Rome With Love, Blue Jasmine) Louis C.K., Louie (‘Blue Jasmine‘) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Mayim […]
There is no shortage of publicity for Blue Jasmine, the 43rd film written and directed by Woody Allen that is released in cinemas in New York and Los Angeles this week. We have plenty more videos with Cate Blanchett and the rest of the cast. We also have some excellent interviews with some of the […]
Blue Jasmine hits limited release this Friday in New York and L.A.. The cast gathered in New York this week to attend the premiere at MOMA. Some of the cast also attended a press conference, and also spoke to many of the TV shows and more. Here’s a round up of appearances. The press conference […]
Blue Jasmine opens in a week in New York and Los Angeles, and the cast has been asked about Woody Allen everywhere they go. We covered some of the other cast, and now we have new comments from Alec Baldwin and Andrew Dice Clay. Alec Baldwin spoke to the Independent. He’s also excited about Blue […]
A really wonderful video this week. It’s a one hour long interview with Allen hosted by Mark Kermode, done for the annual David Lean Lecture, and held at BAFTA. The long interview was done shortly after Match Point in 2005, but Kermode is such a fan, and revelations come from films such as Sweet And […]
The press and publicity is coming thick and fast now, as we are a week away from the US release of Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s new film. Allen himself has granted a small number of interviews, but two new interviews today cover two of our favourites from the cast – Cate Blanchett and Louis CK. […]
The L.A. Times have published a new, lengthy piece on Woody Allen. Written by Marc Olsen, it features plenty of discussion about the new film Blue Jasmine, as well as new quotes from Cate Blanchett, Andrew Dice Clay and Woody Allen himself. Some quotes and highlights: Olsen does a great job tying together Allen’s recent […]
We haven’t been able to get our hands on it, but Nice-Matin have an exclusive new interview with Woody Allen. Their website has been promoting it, but if anyone can send us the full interview, we would much appreciated. The French newspaper covers the territory that Woody Allen, Emma Stone and Colin Firth are calling […]
Big news for us this week was the confirmed offer of money from Sweden for Woody Allen to make a film there. Allen has deep affection for Sweden and it’s film history, in particular the works of Ingmar Bergman. We have previously posted one interview with Allen about Bergman for UK TV. This one, from […]
We are now three weeks out from the premiere of Blue Jasmine, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. This week we have a couple more images, outtakes from the recent Wall Street Journal article and a chance to see the film early in Toronto. The film, starring Cate Blanchett as Jasmine, is […]
As teased earlier, Woody Allen graces the cover of the Wall Street Journal Magazine, out today. The extensive cover feature written by Charles McGrath features new quotes from friend and writing partner Marshall Brickman, star of Blue Jasmine Cate Blanchett, casting director Juliet Taylor and Allen himself. You can find the full, wonderful article at […]
Woody Allen Bits: Our twice monthly round up of bits from around the web. Judy Davis is one of the great Woody Allen actresses. She has helped to define Allen’s legacy with some of the most electrifying performances in any of his films – in particular Husbands And Wives and Deconstructing Harry. She sat down […]