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News bits. Our irregular wrap up of Woody Allen internet bits. There was a lot this month. This the 107th edition. Walter Bernstein has passed away aged 101. Bernstein was was Hollywood screenwriter who worked on plenty of incredible films like the Magnificent Seven and so much more. He was blacklisted in the 50s by […]
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 […]
Hannah And Her Sisters, the 1986 film written and directed by Woody Allen, is getting the live read treatment. The reading will be directed by Olivia Wilde, who has been announcing the cast on her Twitter feed (@oliviawilde). There’s lots of familiar faces to Allen’s filmography. In the role of Holly, originated by Dianne Wiest, […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A new 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! Annie Hall’s acclaim never seems to dull. Regarded as one of the greatest films of all […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Irwin Keyes has passed away. He was an actor with a fascinating look, which led to him being cast in films like ‘The Warriors‘ and ‘Intolerable Cruelty‘. It’s that look that no doubt got him cast in Stardust Memories. New […]
One of our favourite scenes in Hannah And Her Sisters is when David (played by Sam Waterston) takes Holly (Dianne Wiest) and April (Carrie Fisher) on an architecture tour of New York City. We’ve been working hard on updating our Locations Map and found that there were a couple of places in this scene we […]
News bits! Our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Rosemary Murphy has passed away. The actress worked on many films from the 1962 classic ‘To Kill A Mockingbird‘ to 2007’s ‘Synecdoche, New York‘. She also worked with Allen three times – September, Don’t Drink the Water and Mighty Aphrodite. […]
News bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Diane Keaton is out promoting her new book ‘Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty’, just released yesterday. It’s a memoir focussed on “beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks”. Of course, she’s being asked […]
Woody Allen returns to modern day NYC for the first time since Manhattan with Hannah And Her Sisters is one of Woody Allen’s most loved films. A sprawling, rambling tale of three sisters who live in New York, and the lives they lead. It is little more than that – but the charm and flair […]