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A really wonderful video this week. It’s a one hour long interview with Allen hosted by Mark Kermode, done for the annual David Lean Lecture, and held at BAFTA. The long interview was done shortly after Match Point in 2005, but Kermode is such a fan, and revelations come from films such as Sweet And […]
Production starts next week on Woody Allen’s 2014 film – a 1920s comedy set in the south of France. As expected, we got a big cast update today, with five more names added to the cast. Announced today are: Eileen Atkins is a mainstay of British TV and Cinema. Her recent credits include Ridley Scott‘s […]
We are now five weeks away from the US premiere of Blue Jasmine. We have quite a few updates this week, including new images, a preview of Allen on the cover of WSJ Magazine, a strange new poster and more. (UPDATE: we missed a picture, so there’s actually THREE new images in this post now) […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Diane Keaton has stayed in the press these last couple of weeks, whilst doing press for ‘The Big Wedding‘. An interview with Saga magazine caught her reflecting on her career with Woody Allen. Anything I’ve done is based on Annie […]
We are less than two months from the release of Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s 2013 film. So we are still craving any and all details from the typically secretive new film. We have interesting praise from Rolling Stone, suggesting they have seen the film, and a quote from Alec Baldwin about his character. Rolling Stone […]
Deconstructing Harry is one of Allen’s harshest films. Prostitution, kidnapping, infidelity, betrayal. Ironically, this is his first film after his deal with the cutting edge Miramax. There’s even casual use of the word cunt. But that harsh surface obscures some pretty astute comedy. But that comedy also covers up a by the numbers story. Woody […]
Woody Allen Bits: Our twice monthly round up of bits from around the web. Judy Davis is one of the great Woody Allen actresses. She has helped to define Allen’s legacy with some of the most electrifying performances in any of his films – in particular Husbands And Wives and Deconstructing Harry. She sat down […]
Woody Allen loves improvisation. He usually let’s his actors brings his own words to the table, and he is known to do multiple takes of jokes with different punchlines. His love of the Marx Brothers is also on show in the way he improvises his physical humour. It’s one of those physical scenes that is […]
Alice is a lovely film, and highly under-rated. It has all the hallmarks of a great Woody Allen film – heart, fun, movie-magic – and a great cast anchored by Mia Farrow‘s best performance. It really deserves to be more acclaimed. Mia Farrow stars as the titular Alice Tate. An upper class New York kept […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. We are talking Diane Keaton’s birthday, Woody Allen’s hat, Dr Feigen’s passing, Fabio’s praise for Woody and much more. It was the beautiful Diane Keaton‘s birthday on 5th January. She turned 67. What About Bobbed had the best tribute we saw, […]
Happy new year everyone! It’s time to start up our video of the week series again. We’re starting with something fun – at least for us, if not for Woody. It’s a compilation of Woody Allen being dumped in his films, put together by Ivan Stepanovic. Sure he gets dumped, but that is definitely a […]
If you’re a film fan in Melbourne this summer, you can watch some wonderful films at the Rooftop Cinemas. But there’s an added bonus for Woody Allen fans. Local artist Olso Davis has created Melbhattan, a tribute to Melbourne, in the style of the opening sequence in Manhattan. Meticulously animating the Melbourne versions of each […]
LOCO Film Festival are an organisation that supports and promotes comedy in British film. But this year, they’ve found time to celebrate Woody Allen, and are holding the first ever Woodystock at Hackney Picturehouse in London. A night of film, comedy, readings and music, it will be held on December 1 – Woody Allen’s 77th […]
Our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Greta Gerwig, who starred in To Rome With Love, has been talking Woody Allen again. She’s out promoting ‘Lola Versus‘, and told Style.com about working with Allen. Being chosen by Woody Allen, it’s like being chosen by God! She also evoked Allen […]
Klyde Warren Park opened last weekend in Dallas. The new 5.2-acre, $100 million park is hoped to be the new Dallas town square. The Sunday night event was a screening of Midnight In Paris, hosted by Dallas native Owen Wilson. During the introduction, Wilson spoke about his experience on the film. The surprise is that […]
To Rome With Love, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, is released in Australia on October 18th. It’s Woody Allen’s most blatantly funny film in years – we loved it. ‘To Rome With Love‘ tells 4 different but related stories set in the eternal city, and brings all the romance and beauty to […]
We recently came across this video that was shared around on Twitter. It’s an interview from the late 00s, where Woody Allen sat down and answered 10 questions from fans. The interview was curated by TIME magazine, and they chose some wonderful questions. Revelations abound. The list of directors that Allen has stolen from. Sean […]
Woody Allen is one of a number of stars set to appear in a new documentary ‘Casting By‘. ‘Casting By‘ investigates the work and artistry of Casting Directors, focusing on casting legend Marion Dougherty. The film has been acquired by HBO to broadcast within the year. It premièred earlier this month at TIFF, and will […]
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 […]
Now we’re getting somewhere. Everythng You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Was Afraid To Ask) is leaps and bounds from what came before. It begins a number of Woody Allen traits that he would always return to. The large ensemble cast. The clever use of film stocks and period footage. The stylish font […]