The latest in our video series – our 30th! – is about Woody Allen’s successful 2000 film, Small Time Crooks. A crowd pleasing comedy packed with one liners, it is one of Allen’s most successful;, if lighthearted, films. It’s one of our personal favourites. In our video we look at the films Allen starred in, […]
5 Films And A TV Show To Watch After Mighty Aphrodite
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! Mighty Aphrodite is typical of his 90s work, of bringing a bit of Hollywood fantasy with the […]
March News Bits: Judy Davis, Tony Roberts, Samantha Morton, Richard Curtis, Fabio Armiliato, Mort Sahl, Rachel Bloom and More
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 101st edition! Judy Davis has returned to Australia to direct Faith Healer for the Melbourne Theatre Company. In a new interview with ABC, she spoke about her role in Allen’s Husbands And Wives, and how she was embarrassed by […]
5 Films And A TV Show To Watch After Hannah And Her Sisters
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! Hannah And Her Sisters is one of Allen’s very best films, and one that really highlights why […]
Aug News Bits 1: Hugh Grant, Joy Behar, Ellen Garrison, Mike Coulter, Star Trek and more
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 94th edition! Hugh Grant is out promoting Florence Foster Jenkins, the new film starring Manhattan‘s Meryl Streep. The film is directed by Stephen Frears, and Grant compared it to his Small Time Crooks director. He spoke to Variety. […]
Poll: What Is Your Favourite Emma Stone Film? (And Your Fave Colin Firth Film)
New poll time! And this time we want to know your favourite Emma Stone film. Stone is currently starring in the new Woody Allen film Magic In the Moonlight and currently filming the next, 2015 film, in Rhode Island. Here are your choices: The Amazing Spiderman Crazy Stupid Love Easy A The Help Superbad Zombieland […]
July News Bits 1: Jeff Daniels, Henry Cavill, Phillippe Antonello, Soap Guns and more
News bits – our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits around the web. Kind of a quite two weeks – maybe it was the holiday, maybe it was everything else going on in Allen-land! Jeff Daniels has been on the press circuit, promoting season 2 of ‘The Newsroom‘. But the subject of Woody […]
“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 […]