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Just in time for our video of the week! Entertainment Weekly has nabbed an exclusive clip from Blue Jasmine, our first real extended look at Woody Allen’s latest. The scene is almost one shot, featuring a taste of Cate Blanchett‘s portrayal of Jasmine that’s been getting so much buzz, as well as co-star Sally Hawkins. […]
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 recently added a new section of the site – Albums. Over the course of however long we run this site, we will continue to add to it. We’ve started with Allen’s three classic stand up albums from the 60s – Woody Allen, Woody Allen Volume 2 and The Third Woody Allen Album. We will […]
We are working our way through every Woody Allen film, and we are up to 2001’s The Curse Of the Jade Scorpion. We wont give away the full review, but Helen Hunt is definitely the highlight of the film. Once again, Charlie Rose gets the exclusive. We find that Hunt is a life long Allen […]
Helen Hanft passed away on 30th May 2013. The 79 year old actress was a particular favourite of Woody Allen’s. She appeared in Manhattan, Stardust Memories, The Purple Rose Of Cairo and ‘Oedipus Wrecks‘ (Allen’s segment in ‘New York Stories‘). She was a character actor, and her mannerism screamed New York. You’ve probably seen her […]
Hundreds of people have responded to the casting call sent out last week in France, calling for extras for Woody Allen’s 2014 film.. Shooting in the south of France next month, the new film is a period piece set in the 1920s. Nicemation.com captured this video of the people who turned up. Filming is due […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
We’ll be honest. We were hoping that the trailer for Blue Jasmine would be our video of the week. But the trailer didn’t arrive so we are taking solace in one of our favourite Woody Allen clips. This one is from 1967 and its Allen as the guest on the TV game show ‘What’s My […]
We came across another interesting supercut – fan made videos featuring many films – this week. It’s a supercut of varous insults and cursing from great films – 400 films in 5 minutes! Woody Allen features in a prominent place. We’ve featured Jonathan Keogh’s work before. And once again he saw it fit to end […]
This one has been around for ages, and it’s amazing it took us this long to get around to it. It’s a very funny interview with UK’s Granada Television in 1971. The footage was unaired and is presented in raw, uncut form. Because its unedited, it gives a fascinating insight into Allen under pressure. The […]
Gordon Willis is one of cinema’s great cinematographers – with many masterpieces under his name including ‘The Godfather’ films and All the Presidents Men. He also worked on some masterpieces for Woody Allen – amongst them Annie Hall to The Purple Rose Of Cairo. Willis really helped to change Allen’s career, turning him away from […]
Before he made over 40 films and became one of the legends of all cinema, Woody Allen was a regular on the light entertainment circuit. One of his early jobs was a writer for the classic Candid Camera show, and in that time appeared in a some of the clips. This one is fantastic. It’s […]
We have just heard the sad news on the passing of Roger Ebert. What can we say but add to the chorus of people paying tribute to a giant of film, and film criticism. There are plenty of great obituaries for those who want to relive the full scope of his life – we like […]
This video has been making the rounds this week. It’s a 44 minute long cut of, apparently, every Woody Allen stammer in Woody Allen film. It was created by The Huffington Post. They really do try to capture it all, including What’s New Pussycat from 1965, through every film he appears in that he directs, […]
We have reached into Bullets Over Broadway in our series of reviews, which truly begins the era of Woody Allen surrogates. Some good, some bad – they are a long line of people doing Woody Allen impersonations. It got us thinking about the very best ones – and these two came to mind. Hailing from […]
We recently came across this utterly adorable clip. It’s the Muppets from ‘The Muppets Take Manhattan‘, except it’s with dialogue from Woody Allen’s Manhattan. The clever idea was the work of Aaron Walker. Woody Allen has actually been made into a Muppet, having appeared in the Stadler and Waldorf series ‘From the Balcony‘. Best of […]
This year was a great Oscars, with so many great films getting the spotlight. We covered Woody Allen’s only appearance at the awards in our previous video of the week, and we continue to look at Allen at the Oscars this week. His best year was 1978, the 50th Academy Awards ceremony, and the film […]
The Oscars were the big film news this week. Yet, Allen’s famous for declining the Academy’s invitation every year – but one. In the first Academy Awards after 9/11, Allen got in his tux and took to the stage – and did a short set of stand-up before introducing a Norah Ephron created tribute to […]