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With the imminent release of Magic In the Moonlight in Europe, Allen has been doing a new round of press. Allen was in Paris last week and some of the new interviews are starting to surface. First up is a great interview in Time Out. It was accompanied by many new shots from behind the […]
Magic In The Moonlight is Allen’s 44th feature film, made in the South of France. Anchored by a great screenplay and some strong performances, the film really dances with its scenery, costumes and overall escapism. It’s a crowd pleaser that lacks the killer wallop of some of Allen’s best work, but it’s a joyous getaway […]
Magic In the Moonlight, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, has been selected as the opening film of the 40th edition of the Deauville American Film Festival, held in Deauville France. The festival runs 5th September – 14th September 2014. The prestigious festival also screened Allen’s Blue Jasmine last year, with Cate […]
Magic In the Moonlight is the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. It opened this weekend and had a strong debut at the box office. ‘Magic In the Moonlight‘ has earned $426,000 in its opening weekend. It was shown on 17 screens, bringing in a strong $25,059 per theatre average – by far […]
The New York premiere of Magic In the Moonlight, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, just happened. Emma Stone, Colin Firth and Jacki Weaver were amongst the main cast to attend, as well as the director himself. Stone turned up with her partner Spider-Man/Andrew Garfield. Firth Woody Allen and his wife Soon-Yi […]
The wonderful Elaine Stritch has passed away. The glamorous star of stage and screen died in her home in Michigan. She has had so many memorable roles, especially onstage. She is the definitive performer of works by Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Noel Coward and many, many more. In recent years, she played Alec Baldwin (Alice, […]
News bits! Our twice monthly round-up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler have been out promoting their new film ‘They Came Together‘. They were asked for their favourite rom-coms by Vulture. Here’s Rudd’s choice. Annie Hall is pretty amazing. A lot of the Woody Allen ones are pretty great, but […]
News bits! Our twice monthly round-up of Allen bits from around the world (wide web). Arthur Gelb has passed away. He was a longtime critic and editor at The New York Times. He was the first to cover many future superstars, from Lenny Bruce, Barbara Streisand and Woody Allen. The New York Times has a […]
Woody Allen made an appearance at his good friend Barbara Walters‘ retirement party – Walters is retiring at age 84. The cocktail reception was held at the Four Seasons on Wednesday. Allen was accompanied by his wife Soon-Yi Previn. Vanity Fair had a pic. The Wrap also got some comments out of Allen. On the […]
New poll time. And to tie in with the release of Fading Gigolo, we want to know what your favourite John Turturro appearance is. Turturro is better known as an actor, and has appeared in many memorable roles, and memorable films. Which one shows Turturro’s talent the best? Our choices are ‘Barton Fink‘, ‘The Big […]
We are launching our second ever poll. Our first celebrated Cate Blanchett, our second highlights her Blue Jasmine co-star (and Academy Award nominee) Sally Hawkins. The idea of these polls is to help people (and us) explore the films of people in Allen’s filmography. Hawkins’ is not a big name outside of the UK, but […]
As expected, Cate Blanchett has won the award for Best Actress at the 86th Academy Awards. It caps off a remarkable awards season for Blanchett, where she won every major award for her performance in Blue Jasmine. Blanchett was the odds on favourite coming into the night, ahead of Amy Adams (‘American Hustle‘), Sandra Bullock […]
Cate Blanchett has picked up another award this season. She has taken the gong for Best Female Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards, for her performance in Blue Jasmine. The Independent Spirit Awards were presented by Patton Oswalt in Los Angeles, just one day before the Academy Awards. Blanchett won against a field that is […]
We are a little over a week away from the 86th Academy Awards, and all eyes are on Cate Blanchett. She has swept the awards season so far, winning every major and minor award for Best Actress. All this publicity has led to a short piece with Blanchett that aired on 60 minutes. The 13 […]
Cate Blanchett has continued her domination of the awards season by picking up another prestigious award. For her electric performance in Blue Jasmine, Blanchett has won the BAFTA for Best Actress. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ was associated with two more awards, but both lost. Woody Allen’s Best Original Screenplay nod lost out to Eric Warren Singer and […]
Cate Blanchett is the toast of Hollywood at the moment. Her performance in Blue Jasmine has seen her winning every award for which she was nominated. Our video this week is the longest interview on video we have seen with Blanchett discussing ‘Blue Jasmine‘. The interview, with Dave Karger, was held at a Screen Actor’s […]
We are calling it. Almost exactly six months after it was first released in the US, Blue Jasmine has passed $100 million in box office receipts worldwide. It makes it the second highest Woody Allen film. Our source is BoxOffice.com, who are reporting that the new total for ‘Blue Jasmine‘ is $100,526,545. (We were hoping that Box […]
Hot on the heels of several awards for Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen’s 2013 film – is out today in the US on DVD and Blu Ray. It is also available digitally across various services. The physical version actually contains special features – two short featurettes. One a look at the red carpet […]
Cate Blanchett has added yet another couple of awards to her mantlepiece. Surely she is running out of dresses by now? For her acclaimed performance in Blue Jasmine, she took away Critic’s Choice Award for Best Actress. The award was presented by Sir Ben Kingsley, and it was the only win for the film. Full […]
Woody Allen, as expected, did not turn up in LA to accept his Cecil B DeMille Award from the Golden Globes, but we were treated to three things instead – an introduction by Emma Stone, an acceptance by Diane Keaton and the lovely montage of Allen’s films. The montage was supervised by Robert Weide, the […]