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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! September is one of the most peculiar corners of Woody Allen’s filmography. Allen actually made 2 films […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A new 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! Manhattan is Woody Allen’s masterpiece. From a technical point, the film is shot beautifully, scored beautiful, […]
Parker Posey is one of the small headline cast in Irrational Man, the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen. She was the recent guest on the Marc Maron podcast WTF, and at the end of the interview she discussed how she got the part, and other tidbits about the upcoming film. You can […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Michael Rapaport appears in the latest series of ‘Louie‘, the show created, written, directed and starring Louis CK (who worked with Allen on Blue Jasmine). Rappaport worked with Allen on two films (Mighty Aphrodite and Small Time Crooks), and he […]
A very big edition of news bits – our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Mordecai Lawner has passed away. The actor, who played Woody Allen’s father in Annie Hall, was aged 86. The Hollywood Reporter and Variety has a write ups. So we could easily have called this the […]
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 […]
News bits! Our twice monthly round-up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler have been out promoting their new film ‘They Came Together‘. They were asked for their favourite rom-coms by Vulture. Here’s Rudd’s choice. Annie Hall is pretty amazing. A lot of the Woody Allen ones are pretty great, but […]
Hot on the heels of several awards for Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen’s 2013 film – is out today in the US on DVD and Blu Ray. It is also available digitally across various services. The physical version actually contains special features – two short featurettes. One a look at the red carpet […]
News bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen news from around the web! We started last year, and looks like we will every year, by wishing Diane Keaton a happy birthday for 5th January. Will McCrabb always posts great, unseen pics, and posted two great ones of Keaton. As good a way as […]
The Golden Globes happen this Sunday, and Woody Allen is expected to be a big part of it. Not only are two actresses from his latest film Blue Jasmine nominated (Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins), he will be the recipient of the Cecil B DeMille Award – in absentia. On the eve of that event, […]
The cast of Blue Jasmine are back in spotlight, due to the award nominations season. We have new interviews with stars Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale and Max Casella. Hawkins spoke to Vanity Fair. Some highlights: On co-star Louis CK: I was aware of Louie and knew that he was a great comic, but I did […]
Blue Jasmine starts to roll out across Europe, and since the US release, there’s been several new clips released. The clips feature every member of the main cast – Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale, Louis CK, Peter Sarsgaard, Andrew Dice Clay and Michael Stuhlbarg. There are several clips in this batch we […]
Blue Jasmine has been out for a month in the US, and is starting to roll out around the world. There’s been plenty of interviews, more than we can cover, with the cast and Allen himself. This week, we are taking the chance to catch up on some of the video interviews, in our multiple […]
Some history. I started this website just over two years ago. Shortly after we were flooded with photos and info about this film Allen was making in San Francisco. I followed the Blue Jasmine‘s every move, every tip, every rumour and more. That this film still managed to surprise and delight me is a testament […]
The Emmy Award nominations were announced. Congrats the following Woody Allen alumni: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (Deconstructing Harry) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (Alice, To Rome With Love, Blue Jasmine) Louis C.K., Louie (‘Blue Jasmine‘) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Mayim […]
There is no shortage of publicity for Blue Jasmine, the 43rd film written and directed by Woody Allen that is released in cinemas in New York and Los Angeles this week. We have plenty more videos with Cate Blanchett and the rest of the cast. We also have some excellent interviews with some of the […]
Blue Jasmine hits limited release this Friday in New York and L.A.. The cast gathered in New York this week to attend the premiere at MOMA. Some of the cast also attended a press conference, and also spoke to many of the TV shows and more. Here’s a round up of appearances. The press conference […]
Blue Jasmine had a star studded premiere at the New York Museum Of Modern Art (or MOMA). Amongst the stars that turned out were Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Louis CK, Andrew Dice Clay, Max Casella and Tammy Blanchard. Woody Allen himself was not there as he is currently in France making […]
The press and publicity is coming thick and fast now, as we are a week away from the US release of Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s new film. Allen himself has granted a small number of interviews, but two new interviews today cover two of our favourites from the cast – Cate Blanchett and Louis CK. […]
With less than two weeks to go until they release the new Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine, Sony Pictures Classics has released a new clip featuring comedian Louis C.K. They also held a series of press screenings throughout the US (Boston, Philadelphia, etc) and we’ve rounded up more initial reactions as we wait for fuller […]