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Woody Allen’s masterpiece Annie Hall turns 40 this year, and despite Allen’s reluctance to look back, we were expecting some way to commemorate. Looks like the first will be the Berlin Film Festival, who will be premiering a digitally restored version of the 1977 film. The not much details on the digital restoration, but it […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A series where we recommend films referenced, inspired, influenced or generally like a certain Woody Allen film, from his first to his latest. All picks are subjective – let the arguments begin! Shadows And Fog is one of the most formal experiments in Allen’s career. A clear nod to […]
It’s a new year, and the awards season is off. Café Society isn’t going to an awards triumph like other Allen films recently, but has picked up three nominations. Two of those nods were to two of Allen’s longest collaborators. Cafe Society picked up a nomination at the Art Director’s Guild Awards. Production Designer Santo […]
Our video series continues with our look at September, a notorious film in Allen’s catalogue. It is by far his smallest, and his lowest earning. He also remade the film immediately after he shot it with a new cast. The film polarised his audience in 1987 when it was released, but as the decades wore on, […]
Café Society was one of Allen’s most lavish films in recent years. Not only were the costumes and sets amazing in their recreation of the 1930s, Allen also shot in two major cities – Los Angeles (for the first time since Annie Hall in 1977) and his beloved New York. Allen and his team found […]
Café Society, the newest film from Woody Allen, has pretty much completed its run, and is rolling out on DVD, Blu Rays and on digital services (like Amazon Prime for the US customers). Into coincide, cinematographer Vittorio Storaro has done a couple of interviews, really diving into the how the film was made. The most […]
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 98th edition! A brief edition this time. The New York Times has an interview with Jaume Roures, a man not very well known outside of his native Spain, that has played an important role in Allen’s career. As one […]
Sadly following the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher, reports now that Debbie Reynolds has passed away. She had a long career in many films and TV shows, but for film fans she will be forever remembered for Singin’ In The Rain. Reynolds never worked with Allen (unlike her daughter), but they do share one […]
Like the rest of the planet, we are so sad to hear about the death of Carrie Fisher. She suffered a heart attack days ago, and was in hospital ever since. There are a million tributes on the internet, and they don’t seem to be enough to capture how much we all loved her. There’s […]
Paying off their huge investment, Amazon has finally released Café Society, the latest Woody Allen film, on their Prime Video service. It is the first film of Allen’s to be released by Amazon, following on from a series Crisis In Six Scenes. Sadly, it appears to be only available in the US. The release comes […]
Because he’s not busy enough, Woody Allen has penned a new piece for the New York Times. But the piece is not one of his fiction stories. Allen has reviewed a new book called ‘Mary Astor’s Purple Diary – The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936‘ written by Edward Sorel. Mary Astor is best remembered […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYxHpdDBZMQ Our latest video pays tribute to Radio Days, the sprawling 1987 film that is one of our personal favourites. It was one of Allen’s most elaborate, most complicated and most expensive films up that point. But how well do you know it? Our video explores some of our favourite bits of trivia about the […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A series where we recommend films referenced, inspired, influenced or generally like a certain Woody Allen film, from his first to his latest. All picks are subjective – let the arguments begin! Allen has said himself that Alice is the humorous flip side to Another Woman. Our titular heroine […]
For decades, Woody Allen has been a fixture of of New York, not just in films but I. The music scene. Most Mondays since the 70s, Allen has been playing Jazz in New York, and for the last 11 years his home has been the Carlyle Café in New York. That long lasting residency is […]
Just in time for Christmas, a new batch of Woody Allen blu-rays have been released in the UK, and one new title in the US. We also have new dates for two titles hitting blu-ray for the first time. In the UK, Six Films 1979-1985 is out now, from Arrow Academy. It is a second […]
Café Society is the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen. It is also the first film by Allen that has been acquired by Amazon for their streaming service, Amazon Prime. We now have a date for the film hitting the service – 22nd December. Amazon’s model is like no other company. The film […]
Woody Allen returned to France for the fourth time in his career for 2014’s Magic In The Moonlight, but this time he avoided his beloved Paris for more sunshine and open space – the breathtaking French Riviera. Part of the choice for setting is the beautiful houses and the natural countryside could pass for the 1930s. […]
Café Society is the latest film by Woody Allen, which is still playing in some countries around the world. It has wrapped up its run in the UK and Australia, and we now have DVD/Blu-Ray and home format release details for both countries. Café Society will hit UK home formats on 26th December. The box […]
Woody Allen turns 81 today. And he shows no signs of slowing down. Allen spent his 80th year being remarkably prolific, even by his own standards. The end of 2015 saw that year’s film, Irrational Man, wrap up its European run. It hit DVD and Blu-Ray shelves shortly after. Of course, Allen had already moved […]
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 97th edition! Fern Buchner has passed away. She was a make-up artists who worked on great films such as All The President’s Men, Wall Street, Parenthood and more. Buchner worked on make-up for 18 films, just about every one […]