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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) […]
Following on from our previous story, Sony Pictures Classics today confirmed that it has picked up full North American rights to the 2014 Woody Allen film Magic In the Moonlight. That confirmation came with a press statement that included new plot details for the film. The statement as follows: NEW YORK (January 9, 2014) – […]
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, […]
Fading Gigolo is the new comedy from John Turturro, who also wrote, directed and stars in the film, and also co-stars Woody Allen. A new trailer has been released for the film, as well as a confirmed US release date. Yahoo had the exclusive for the trailer, below: The trailer has some new footage, with […]
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. […]
We are still light on the ground in terms of plot details, but we are starting to see some listings of Magic In the Moonlight, the 2014 film written and directed by Woody Allen, with a solid US release date and distributor. Several sites are now listing 25th July 2014 as the release date for […]
Why didn’t it happen earlier? Woody Allen and Paris are a perfect match. For the first time in a long time, Allen puts his hard cynicism aside and he is actually having fun for 90 odd minutes. Helped by an excellent cast, Midnight In Paris is a perfect Woody Allen film. Owen Wilson stars as […]
Another week and a number of more award nominations for Blue Jasmine. Here’s a wrap up of all the awards coverage and various comments. The Producer’s Guild Of America Awards have announced their nominations. Their key award is The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. ‘Blue Jasmine’ producers Letty Aronson […]
Entertainment Weekly scored an exclusive – the very first look at the complete cast of Bullets Over Broadway Musical in glamorous costumes, as well as a short behind the scenes video. It is the first time we’ve seen the cast including lead Zach Braff in their full attire. Here’s the pic: From left to right: […]
Here we are in 2014, celebrating the start of another year. Amazingly, we know where Woody Allen was when the new year started exactly 50 years ago. Already a working comedian, Allen was actually part of a live broadcast of ‘The Tonight Show‘, hosted by Johnny Carson. We don’t really have a video – this […]
A brief bit of Woodywatch, just to report Woody Allen was spotted partying on New Year’s Eve. Along with his wife Soon-Yi Previn, the two travelled to Palm Beach to Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago Club for a Moulin Rouge themed do. Palm Beach Daily reported the story and snapped a pic of the couple. Other guests […]
News bits! Our twice monthly roundup of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Not much this time around, but hey, it’s the holidays! We hope you are having a good one and see you in 2014! Louise Lasser was Woody Allen’s second wife and starred with Allen in some of his earliest films such […]
We don’t usually post Woody Allen’s Jazz endeavours in our videos of the week, mainly because he does it every single week! His Monday night residency with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band at the Carlyle in New York City continues as strong as ever. But just before Christmas, Allen and the band visited […]
Just in time for Christmas, Blue Jasmine, the latest film from Woody Allen, has now passed the $90 million mark for worldwide box office. There’s also more award nominations for the film, and a new cover for Cate Blanchett in Vogue. Blue Jasmine has now grossed $90,482,709 worldwide. Leading the charge is still the US […]
Fading Gigolo, the 2014 comedy written, directed and starring John Tuturro, and starring Woody Allen, is ever so slowly upping its marketing efforts. Following on from the release if a French poster comes the US version, as well as a quick comment from Turturro. Entertainment Weekly had the scoop with the poster and Turturro. It […]
Woody Allen returns to London for a sprawling morality tale in You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. With a big star cast, he explores one of his oldest themes, that whatever delusion you can use to get through life makes you happy – or that ignorance is bliss. Playing out over the lives of […]
At age 78, Woody Allen’s showing no signs of slowing down. Along with his films and writings, Allen’s been a fixture of the New York Jazz scene, appearing almost every Monday night at the Cafe Carlyle with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. That residency is set to continue into 2014. The Cafe Carlyle […]
On 17th December 1973, Sleeper was released into cinemas. The fourth film written, directed and starring Woody Allen, it is one of the great films in Allen’s early, funny period. 40 years on, the film is still loved, and currently holds in incredible 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Our video of the week this year is […]
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 […]
We wanted to pay our respects to Peter O’Toole who passed away today. He was a movie star in the movie star era. Looking at the array of photos in stories about him, he never stopped looking like a movie star. O’Toole, of course, worked with Woody Allen on What’s New, Pussycat? in 1965. It […]