https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYxHpdDBZMQ Our latest video pays tribute to Radio Days, the sprawling 1987 film that is one of our personal favourites. It was one of Allen’s most elaborate, most complicated and most expensive films up that point. But how well do you know it? Our video explores some of our favourite bits of trivia about the […]
5 Films And A TV Show To Watch After Alice
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! Allen has said himself that Alice is the humorous flip side to Another Woman. Our titular heroine […]
Jul News Bits 1: Irwin Keyes, Jerry Weintraub, Diane Keaton, Amy Poehler, Seth MacFarlane, Steven Wright, SDCC and More
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Irwin Keyes has passed away. He was an actor with a fascinating look, which led to him being cast in films like ‘The Warriors‘ and ‘Intolerable Cruelty‘. It’s that look that no doubt got him cast in Stardust Memories. New […]
Feb News Bits 2: Birdman, Kevin Spacey, Matthew Goode, Gordon Willis, Larry Daniels and more
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Congratulations to ‘Birdman‘ for sweeping the Academy Awards. Woody Allen, of course, did not turn up. However, there was an article this week that tried to connect ‘Birdman‘ with Woody Allen, in particular Bullets Over Broadway. The Independent has pointed […]
“A Deftly Flawless Work”: Radio Days – The Woody Allen Pages Review
Radio Days marks the culmination of everything Woody Allen had done to that point. Featuring plenty of Allen’s past cast, and mixes European feel, directing flair, old time entertainment, the documentary form and something very American into a great film. Woody Allen narrates an almost biographical story, about a child who grows up in the […]
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 […]
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 […]