5 Films (And A TV Show)… A 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! Musicals. If you’re a fan like us, you are forever saying things to people like “look, it’s […]
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To – Radio Days – Music Of Woody Allen Films
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Diane Keaton turns 70 on 5th January. So we wanted to pick a very Diane Keaton moment. This might actually be a minor spoiler so watch Radio Days before you read this. But […]
Interview: Woody The Biography Author David Evanier
There’s always a problem with writing books about Woody Allen – he’s bound to make your work out of date. Now we have ‘Woody: The Biography‘, a new profile on Allen that brings us up to date. In fact, there probably has not been a career long overview since Eric Lax‘s ‘Conversations With Woody Allen‘ […]
VOTW: Woody Allen And Nancy Sinatra On Password, 1965
We go back to 1965 for our video of the week. Recently uploaded, it is the full episode of 60s TV game show ‘Password‘ featuring Woody Allen and Nancy Sinatra, and hosted by Allen Ludden. Allen was out promoting What’s New Pussycat?, which was in theatres at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arh7H1aRwos Allen has a strange connection […]
Reactions To Mia Farrow Vanity Fair Article; Carly Simon, Conan O’Brien, Maury Povich
Mia Farrow opened up to Vanity Fair this month about the scandal that involved her and Woody Allen in 1992. Various allegations are made in the article, including a quote that Ronan Farrow could ‘possibly’ be the son of Frank Sinatra. Some reactions to the piece have emerged. Ronan Farrow himself tweeted the following: https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/385412266625351681 […]
New Interview With Mia Farrow And Family Discusses Woody Allen
Mia Farrow and members of her family have gone on record about their life with Woody Allen, in a new interview with Vanity Fair. Farrow and Allen had a very public scandal in 1992, which ended with Allen marrying Farrow’s 20 year old adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. The article, due in next months issue, is […]