Our video series continues with our look at September, a notorious film in Allen’s catalogue. It is by far his smallest, and his lowest earning. He also remade the film immediately after he shot it with a new cast. The film polarised his audience in 1987 when it was released, but as the decades wore on, […]
From Bruce Willis To Michael Keaton – Every Re-Casted Part In Woody Allen’s Films
Every…In Woody Allen’s Films – a new series exploring the patterns that emerge in Allen’s long, long film career. We’ve been toying with this series for a while, and we were not going to start with this one. But in light of Bruce Willis‘ sudden departure from Woody Allen’s 2016 Film, we thought it was […]
Woody Allen In Depth Profile In New York Observer
The New York Observer has published one of the best new interviews with Woody Allen. The in depth profile coincides with the release of Magic In The Moonlight, the new film written and directed by Allen. We will wrap up all the press bits, but we wanted to highlight this lovely feature. Written by Roger […]
Magic In the Moonlight: Allen In The Daily Beast, Cast Press Conference, New Images, Chicago Premiere
Publicity for Magic In the Moonlight continues to roll out. There’s a new, excellent interview with Allen in The Daily Beast. The principle cast attended a press conference in New York, Allen attended a premiere in Chicago, and a bunch of new images out of the UK. Here’s the new images, several featuring new scenes […]
Elaine Stritch 1925-2014
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, […]
VOTW: Fading Gigolo Q&A With John Turturro And Vanessa Paradis
John Turturro has been working very hard, out promoting his new film Fading Gigolo, which co-stars Woody Allen. He has taken himself around the world, and is now back in the states. With co-star Vanessa Paradis, they sat down for a Q&A with Film Independent before a screening. It’s a lengthy half hour full of […]
“A Funny Diversion”: Small Time Crooks – The Woody Allen Pages Review
Woody Allen returns to contemporary New York for Small Time Crooks, one of those tales that could be by no one else. A pleasant light hearted comedy with broad cartoonish characters, it’s a bit of silliness that might not mean much, but Allen does so well. Woody Allen stars as Ray, a small time crook […]
Apr News Bits 2: Judy Davis, Mariel Hemingway, Elaine Stritch, Justin Long, Kevin Nealon, François Ozon, Iron Man and More
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 […]
Apr News Bits 1: Scarlett Johansson, Emma Stone, Steve Martin, Elaine Stritch and more
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Scarlett Johansson is on the cover of the new Marie Claire. In the article about her, they have a new quote from Woody Allen, discussing how much he adores her. “Everything good,” Allen says at the mention of her name. […]
“A Rushed Little Story”: September – The Woody Allen Pages Review
September marks the beginning of a series of serious dramas, many of them troublesome, that Allen directed. It is one of Allen’s most humble films – with one setting and a handful of characters, it is a play on film. It has some great performances, but in the end it lacks much of Allen’s flair. […]
Oct News Bits 1: Andrew Dice Clay, Barbra Streisand, Harris Savides, Libraries, Sleeper Predictions, Ken Loach, Mira Sorvino, Edward Herrmann, Virginia Woolf, Glasses, Dark Knight
A twice monthly round-up of Woody Allen news bits. Filming has wrapped on Woody Allen’s 2013 film. One actor who we didn’t see much of during filming is Andrew Dice Clay. But after we did our wrap up, this photo of him on set hit the web. We assume Allen is either working on the […]