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News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 81st edition! Jesse Eisenberg has said before that Woody Allen is his favourite director. He’s wrapped production on Allen’s upcoming 2016 film, his second with Allen after To Rome With Love. Eisenberg recently wrote a piece for […]
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! This is the fifth in our new series to expand recommendations for films like Woody Allen […]
Woody Allen has contributed to a new campaign with an important cause – fighting homelessness in his beloved New York City. He has teamed with the organisation Common Ground (who are now called Breaking Ground), who create a sustainable housing model for the homeless and gives them new lives. Allen spoke in a new video […]
Annie Hall has topped a prestigious new list. The Writers Guild Of America have announced their list of 101 Funniest Screenplays. Woody Allen’s 1977 classic with Diane Keaton tops the list. Allen had more films on the the list than any writer with seven. The award was presented by Rob Reiner (who appeared in Bullets Over […]
There’s always a problem with writing books about Woody Allen – he’s bound to make your work out of date.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‘ […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Judy Davis has worked with Woody Allen many times – first in Alice, most recently in To Rome With Love and she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards for her role in Husbands And Wives. She […]
Production on Woody Allen’s 2016 film continues. At almost two months, this will be one of the longest production periods ever for Allen, in his decades long career. Today we have stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart filming very publicly in Central Park. Eisenberg and Stewart were spotted in Central Park sharing a kiss, drinking […]
Irrational Man, the newest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is now out in Europe. We have a box office update as well as some new magazine covers out of France, including a new interview with Joaquin Phoenix. ‘Irrational Man‘ has now hit $11,660,357 worldwide – another million dollars since last week. Leading the […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This year marks the 30th anniversary of The Purple Rose Of Cairo. That means it has been 30 years since Allen and his crew bundled into the town of Piermont and turned it into the 1930s. The town is celebrating […]
Woody Allen is currently deep in production on his 2016 Film. But that doesn’t mean he’s going to miss a good gala. The director famously keeps shooting hours to a reasonable working day. Which means even after a day of filming, he can still put on a suit and attend the opening of the newly […]
It is a big year for Woody Allen, as he is about to celebrate his 80th birthday, and 50 years of making films. In 2015, he remains a vital person in popular culture, and as busy as ever. Film critic Tom Shone knows more about that vitality and long career than most people, both from […]
‘Woody Allen Film By Film‘ is a fantastic new book from UK film critic Jason Solomons. It is a comprehensive look at Allen’s film career – spanning all the films he wrote and directed, and taking us all the way up to date to this year’s Irrational Man. Solomons was one of the first people on […]
Joaquin Phoenix has not done much press for Irrational Man, the new film from Woody Allen, where he stars. As the film is set to be released in the UK, Time Out has published a new interview with the famously prickly interviewee. The interview Dave Calhoun talks about the new film and his feelings on […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Wes Craven has died. The director has been credited for reinventing horror several times. But he was mainstream horror – from ‘Nightmare On Elm Street‘ and ‘Scream‘. BBC has an obit. We can’t find any record of Allen and Craven […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Biff Liff has passed away. Liff was a legendary manager and agent on Broadway, working on such classics as ‘My Fair Lady‘, ‘Oliver! and ‘Hello Dolly!‘. Liff played a part in Allen’s stage career. He was an associate producer on […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Aubrey Morris has died, aged 89. In his five decade career he in appeared in many films and onstage, including a memorable role in ‘A Clockwork Orange‘ and ‘The Wicker Man‘. He also appeared as a soldier in Love And […]
Every year, Woody Allen gives at least one lengthy, revealing interview. This year, that interview belongs to NPR. The interview by Sam Fragoso doesn’t even touch on his new film Irrational Man. Instead he gets a very candid Allen talking about his filmmaking habits and his personal relationships. Fragoso did a great job of asking […]
Irrational Man, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out now in selected cities. As usual, Woody Allen himself has done a number of interviews. We’ve collected some of the best comments. The biggest interview feature comes from the Chicago Sun Times. Allen spoke about a wide range of topics with Richard […]
It’s all about Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, which opens in just a couple of days. So there’s more and more press with the cast as we lead up to the release. We have new videos and features with three of the film’s stars – Emma Stone, Parker Posey […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Have you binged on the entire third season of ‘Orange Is the New Black‘ yet? We have and we loved it. Oddly, there was a storyline that involved Woody Allen. Cindy (Adrienne C. Moore) tries to become Jewish (long story) […]