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Welcome to the Woody Allen Pages podcast. This week, in a special episode, we look at Woody Allen the writer. We look at what he writes, how he writes, and how his writing and changed over the years. Spoilers are everywhere, so watch the films and then come back. So much more at our website […]
Radio Days is the 15th film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 1987. Radio Days marks the culmination of everything Woody Allen had done to that point. Featuring plenty of Allen’s past cast, it mixes European feel, directing flair, old time entertainment, the documentary form and something very American into a great […]
To Rome With Love is the 42nd film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 2012. It’s an anthology film of four farcical, romantic stories. They include stories of a man who can sing opera but only in a shower, a man mentoring a younger man on love, a newly married couple getting […]
Take The Money And Run is the first film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 1969. Woody Allen stars as Virgil Starkwell, a bank robber and petty criminal. Told as a mockumentary, we learn about his childhood, his first crimes, his arrests, his getaway, and his eventual fate. What it really is […]
Anything Else is the 33rd film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 2003. Jason Biggs stars as Jerry Falk, a young comedy writer in New York, who has to sort out his life. He’s in a relationship with Cristina Ricci’s Amanda that’s going off the rails and a terrible manager played by […]
Manhattan Murder Mystery is the 22nd film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 1993. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton stars as Larry and Carol Lipton, a couple that live in a New York apartment building, across from an elderly couple. One night, one of the elderly neighbours die from a heart attack. […]
The Woody Allen Pages podcast season 3 continues. It was split in two, and we have five more films and a special episode on the way in the next six weeks. To listen, just look up Woody Allen Pages in your favourite podcast app. Or links are below. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher So much more at […]
Wonder Wheel is the 47th film written and directed by Woody Allen. The film stars Kate Winslet as Ginny, a former small time actress who has ended up a waitress at the faded Coney Island in the 50s. An affair with the local lifeguard Mickey (Justin Timberlake) can’t make her happy either, especially when her […]
Zelig is the 11th film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 1983. Woody Allen stars as Leonard Zelig – the human chameleon. The film is presented as a documentary on his life in the 20s and 30s. This strange man who could take on the characteristics of the people around him. He […]
Interiors is the 7th film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 1978. Diane Keaton, Mary Beth Hurt and Kristin Griffith play three sisters who barely get along. Their parents (father Arthur played by E.G. Marshall and mother Eve, played by Geraldine Page) have recently separated, leaving the daughters to deal with their […]
Whatever Works is the 39th film written and directed by Woody Allen. ‘Whatever Works‘ sees Allen return to the US for the first time in many years. It was made amidst the writer’s 07/08 strike, when Allen was unable to make a new script, so he used one he had previously discarded, originally written for […]
Deconstructing Harry is the 27th film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 1997. Woody Allen stars as Harry Block, a cantankerous writer who is accused by the people in his life of using them in his work. Those in his life, many of them women, are also portrayed as their fiction selves. […]
The Woody Allen Pages podcast is back for 2023. Production had been dragging on this year, and with the announcement of a new Woody Allen film, Coup de chance, this season will be slightly different. I’m doing the thing that some TV studios like to do and I’m going to split a season in two. […]
Welcome to the final episode of this season of the Woody Allen Pages podcast. I’m ending with a wrap up of your thoughts and comments, and some questions, and some things about what next. So much more at our website – Woody Allen Pages. Find us at: Facebook Instagram Twitter Reddit Support us Patreon Buy a […]
Allen’s use of the camera has led to many cinematic highs. His insistent use of black and white, to his experiments in mockumentary, to breaking all the rules with haphazard editing to just film after film of gorgeous shots, Allen has made a career of incredible camera work. Welcome to the Woody Allen Pages podcast. […]
Rifkin’s Festival is the 49th film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 2020. Wallace Shawn stars as Mort Rifkin, a film teacher who accompanies his wife, Sue, played by Gina Gershon, to the San Sebastián Film Festival. During the festival, Mort has strange dreams that seem oddly familiar, and realises he has […]
Mighty Aphrodite is the 25th film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 1995. Woody Allen stars as Lenny Weinrib. Together with his wife Amanda, played by Helena Bonham Carter, the two adopt a child who turns out to be especially gifted. When Lenny gets obsessed by his son’s genetic heritage, he tracks […]
The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion is the 31st film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 2001. Woody Allen stars as CW Briggs. An insurance investigator whose workplace rival is Betty Anne Fitzgerald played by Helen Hunt. Both come under the spell of a hypnotist named Voltan, and find they themselves chasing […]
Manhattan is the 8th film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 1979. Woody Allen stars as Isaac Davis, and we follow him as he romanticises the hell out of New York City, falling in love, and dealing with the poetry of every day life. His story is divided by several women and […]
Shadows And Fog is the 20th film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released 1991. Woody Allen stars as Max Kleinman, returning to being the sole lead for the first time since Broadway Danny Rose in 1984. He lives in a town that resembles old German expressionist films by directors such as Fritz Lang. […]