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! Shadows And Fog is one of the most formal experiments in Allen’s career. A clear nod to […]
Video: 10 Things About Love And Death
It’s video time. Our fifth video essay is about Woody Allen’s fifth film – Love And Death. Made in 1975, it was Allen’s goodbye to his early slapstick comedies, and hints at the depth of the career to come. In our video, we look at: The book that Allen released in the same year The […]
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There’s always a problem with writing books about Woody Allen – he’s bound to make your work out of date.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‘ […]
Apr News Bits 1: Richard Brick, William Friedkin, Stanley Kubrick, Lewis Black, Dostoevsky, Derek Jeter and more
News bits – our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Richard Brick has passed away, aged 68. He was an official of the Director’s Guild of America and a former New York film Comissioner. In his time, he also served as producer on three Woody Allen films – Deconstructing […]
“Allen’s Best Drama”: Crimes And Misdemeanors – The Woody Allen Pages Review
Crimes And Misdemeanors is the best Woody Allen drama. It is one of his meat-iest works, and having played around with drama and morality before. But here Allen goes for it, and pulls off a masterful – and very disturbing – work. Woody Allen stars as Cliff Stern, and Martin Landau stars as Judah Rosenthal. […]