Blue Jasmine, the 2013 film from Woody Allen, has picked up three nominations for Academy Awards. The big story is the actresses – Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins – with Allen himself picking up a nod. As widely expected, Cate Blanchett has been nominated for Best Actress. This is her third nomination for Best Actress, […]
Golden Globes: Blanchett Wins Best Actress, Diane Keaton, Woody Allen’s Whereabouts
The Golden Globes are over for another year. Here’s the awards from the Woody Allen perspective. Allen was given the highest honour by the Globes with the Cecil B DeMille Award. Despite speculation, Allen surprised no one by not attending. Diane Keaton accepted the award on his behalf, making a short speech paying tribute to […]
VOTW: Woody Allen’s Stylish Leading Ladies
Supercuts – they are surely a thing now. We’ve had several featured as our videos of the week. Huffington Post in particular seems to love them, and has a new one. It captures the array of styles worn by the women in Allen’s films, from Bananas up to To Rome With Love. There are no […]
VOTW: Before They Were Famous And In Woody Allen Films
This week’s video is another super cut – a mix of scenes from various films. This one is all Woody Allen films and features dozens of actors before they were famous. Even we were surprised by some of these. Some of the cameos we simply didn’t spot. Watch the video before you see the full […]
Blue Jasmine: More Images, Poland Release, WSJ Outtakes, Canada Premieres
We are now three weeks out from the premiere of Blue Jasmine, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. This week we have a couple more images, outtakes from the recent Wall Street Journal article and a chance to see the film early in Toronto. The film, starring Cate Blanchett as Jasmine, is […]
“A Lightweight Cartoon”: The Curse Of the Jade Scorpion – The Woody Allen Pages Review
So lightweight at times it threatens to blow away, The Curse Of the Jade Scorpion continues the run of disposable comedies Allen pumped out in the 00s. A bright, edgeless cartoon, it has many fun moments but the style and grace of the man who brought us Manhattan is nowhere to be found. Woody Allen […]
May News Bits 2: Zach Braff, Johnnie Hamp, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Brooklyn, Diane Keaton, Crochet and more
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits around the web. ‘Scrubs‘ star Zach Braff has been in the news, thanks to a conversation he had with Woody Allen. Braff (who had a small role in Manhattan Murder Mystery) has been using Kickstarter to raise funds for a new film. In an interview on […]
Details On French Setting For Woody Allen’s 2014 Film
Details are beginning to emerge about Woody Allen’s 2014 film, set to be his 43rd as writer and director. New articles gives us an update of the parts of France the film is set, and a juicy detail about the time it’s set. The Riviera Times has the big story Soon the towns of Antibes, […]
LISTEN: Woody Allen Discusses ‘You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger’ On Australian Radio.
An amazing exclusive, Woody Allen was interviewed by Steve Vizard on Australian radio. The occasion was the release of You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger in Australia. Steve Vizard is well known to Australian audiences, having been a TV funny man for many decades, from sketch comedy to talk show host. The interview was broadcast […]
2012 Round Up: DVD Releases – Midnight In Paris, A Documentary, Box Sets, More
2012 was another busy year for Woody Allen DVDs. A new box set series was released in Europe and Australia, as well as 2011’s Midnight In Paris and this year’s Woody Allen: A Documentary. Other bits and pieces as well, and we have the full round up. Midnight In Paris ‘Midnight In Paris‘, Woody Allen’s […]
Nov News Bits 2: Radio Days House, Samuel L Jackson, Paris Manhattan Cast, James Gandolfini, Hollywood Bound, Manhattan Locations, Alien
Our twice monthly round-up of Woody Allen bits around the web. New York Times reports some good news. The house from Radio Days has survived Hurricane Sandy. The house, located on Beach 115th Street, Rockaway, NY, sustained her share of water and wind damage, but she is still standing. Lee Qumby, who owns the house, […]
Totalfilm Lists 50 Greatest Woody Allen Characters
The wonderful film magazine/blog TotalFilm make great lists. Their latest list is very dear to our hearts. They’ve picked and listed the 50 Greatest Woody Allen Characters. It’s the first such poll we’ve seen. There’s plenty of lists of greatest Woody Allen films, but to focus on characters is very clever and refreshing. The full […]
August News Bits 2: NY Subway Tickets, Zelig, Emily Mortimer, The Newsroom, Dick Hyman, 1965 Resume, Annie Hall Edited, Robert Crumb
News Bits from around the web. Usually monthly but with so much going on, we had to do two this month! Artist Nina Boesch has paid tribute to some of the New York City’s icon with a part of New York itself. She has taken thousands of New York subway tickets and created new portraits […]
Crimes And Misdemeanors, Manhattan Declared Allen’s Best by Sight & Sound Director’s Poll
UK film magazine Sight & Sound has revealed the final part of their 2012 poll, by revealing all the votes from the hundreds of directors polled. They previously released the entire voting from critics – where Annie Hall was the highest voted Woody Allen film. The Director’s poll has two films tied for first place […]
‘To Rome With Love’ Passes $40m Box Office
To Rome With Love has opened in a number of countries, and is still playing in most of them (including the US). This weekend, it’s worldwide box office has surpassed $40 million, according to Box Office Mojo. As of 5th August 2012, ‘To Rome With Love‘ sits on $40,007,507 worldwide. The US leads the charge […]
Woody Allen’s Top 10 Films Revealed In Sight & Sound Greatest Film Poll
Renowned (and maybe the best?) film magazine Sight & Sound, has published it’s newest Greatest 50 Films Poll – something the British publication has done every ten years since 1952 – a list compiled by votes from over 800 critics and film industry professionals. Since 1992, S&S have also run a Director’s Poll – this […]
Video Of the Week: All Of Woody’s Surrogates
The excellent Flavorwire recently made this video, and it’s a lot of fun. With Woody Allen appearing less and less on screen as the years pass, Flavorwire has compiled all the Woody Allen surrogates into one video. Some are Woody when he was young (such as Seth Green in Radio Days). Others, such as Michael […]
New UK DVD Box Sets And ‘A Documentary’ Pre-Order
Two new DVD Box sets are to be released next month in UK. Also, Woody Allen: A Documentary is available to pre-order, to be released on both DVD and Blu-Ray on 24th September. The two new box sets are from 20th Century Fox. The most interesting one is The Woody Allen 20 Film Collection. As […]