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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! Hannah And Her Sisters is one of Allen’s very best films, and one that really highlights why […]
Café Society opens in the UK today. In the lead-up, there’s been some more interviews with the cast, including a couple of new video interviews, and features with Allen, and stars Jesse Eisenberg and Blake Lively. Allen first. Here’s Allen, talking about wealth and playing the lottery with the Guardian. In a new interview with […]
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! Café Society is out now in US cinemas. It’s Woody Allen’s take on themes that have […]
A new Woody Allen film, Café Society, is hitting cinemas this year but he’s already moving on to his next. We haven’t heard much both his 2017 film, but Variety are now reporting the first actor in talks – Kate Winslet. Winslet came close to working with Allen ten years ago. She was cast for […]
News Bits! Our usually twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 91st edition! Here’s one for all of May. Susan E Morse was Woody Allen’s editor from 1979’s Manhattan til 1998’s Celebrity. She recently gave a talk about her career. She discussed the making of Zelig and working […]
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! Zelig was when Allen perfected the mockumentary style that he attempted with his very first film […]
Lots and lots of news coming out for Café Society in the days leading up to its world premiere on 11th May. All eyes are on the Cannes Film Festival, Allen has been in France doing interviews. The new interview from France TV. We can’t embed the video, but you can watch it on their […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 89th edition! Actor Arthur Anderson has passed away. He was most famous for being the voice of cereal mascot Lucky the Leprechaun for Lucky Charms. He appeared as a doctor in Woody Allen’s Zelig. The Star Gazette […]
There is a lot of speculation that Woody Allen will be bringing his new film – Cafe Society – to 69th Cannes Film Festival, which happens in May this year. If true, it will be two years in a row – Allen brought his film Irrational Man to Cannes last year (Allen has pulled back-to-back […]
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, […]
News Bits! Our (usually) twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 87th edition! A new Woody Allen book came out this month. Actually, it’s a revised edition of Woody Allen: Interviews. First published in 2006, the new edition includes interviews from the last several years, bringing the […]
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 […]
A new article on Variety is reporting the acquisition of two Woody Allen films by WestEnd Films. The two films – Match Point and Scoop – join their already sizeable collection of Allen films. ‘Match Point‘ and ‘Scoop‘ were the first two films made by Allen in London, kicking off his European period. ‘Match Point‘ […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
Every…In Woody Allen’s Films – a new series exploring the patterns that emerge in Allen’s long, long film career. We’ve been toying with this series for a while, and we were not going to start with this one. But in light of Bruce Willis‘ sudden departure from Woody Allen’s 2016 Film, we thought it was […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Woody Allen’s films have become synonymous with jazz, but one of the most powerful scenes in all of his films is a musical moment with another form of music altogether. Allen’s use of […]
We are just over a week out from the release of Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. As usual, a handful of newspapers will run new interviews with Allen. First cab off the rank this year is the Wall Street Journal, who has a new chat with Allen where he […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. As is usual when there is actually big Woody Allen news (like Cannes, or a tour) that there’s very few news bits. But hey, here we go. Amateur Photographer recently scored an exclusive – hundreds of unpublished entertainment photos from […]
Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, just premiered at Cannes. And the first reviews have started to roll in. Here’s a wrap. IMDB currently gives the film 7.8/10, so all in all a pretty good start. The films that seem to be most referenced are Match Point and Crimes And […]