2012 was another busy year for Woody Allen DVDs. A new box set series was released in Europe and Australia, as well as 2011’s Midnight In Paris and this year’s Woody Allen: A Documentary. Other bits and pieces as well, and we have the full round up. Midnight In Paris ‘Midnight In Paris‘, Woody Allen’s […]
Totalfilm Lists 50 Greatest Woody Allen Characters
The wonderful film magazine/blog TotalFilm make great lists. Their latest list is very dear to our hearts. They’ve picked and listed the 50 Greatest Woody Allen Characters. It’s the first such poll we’ve seen. There’s plenty of lists of greatest Woody Allen films, but to focus on characters is very clever and refreshing. The full […]
August News Bits 1: Annie Hall Fashion, Julie Delpy, Filmaking Tips, Amsterdam, Political Films, Gangster Films, PopArt Woody, The Other Top 10…
News Bits from around the web. Usually monthly but with so much going on, we thought we’d do a mid-month update. Meets Obsession, a fashion blog, has picked Annie Hall to feature in it’s Icon Archives series. They discuss a bit about Annie Hall’s fashion and style, including it’s influence on Marc Jacobs. Talenthouse has […]
R.I.P. Marvin Hamlisch and Judith Crist
This week brought sad news of the passing of two people who had a crucial effect on Woody Allen’s early career. Marvin Hamlisch 1944-2012 Marvin Hamlisch has had a long career and a composer, mainly in films. He has written songs that everyone knows. He is most famous for the song ‘The Way We Were‘, […]
Three New Box Sets Released In Australia This Week
Three new DVD Box Sets will be released on 25th July in Australia. These great value collections contains some of the very best works by Woody Allen – the films on which his reputation lies. Woody Allen Collection – Volume 1 Collects Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid To […]
“A Victim Of Its Time”: Bananas – The Woody Allen Pages Review
Bananas is the second film written, directed and starring Woody Allen. It is a straight farcical comedy, about a man who gets caught up in a revolution of a small fictional country of San Marcos. Allen stars as Fielding Mellish, although he plays pretty much the same character, or kind of character, that he does […]
New UK DVD Box Sets And ‘A Documentary’ Pre-Order
Two new DVD Box sets are to be released next month in UK. Also, Woody Allen: A Documentary is available to pre-order, to be released on both DVD and Blu-Ray on 24th September. The two new box sets are from 20th Century Fox. The most interesting one is The Woody Allen 20 Film Collection. As […]