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News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 99th edition! Alec Baldwin just seems to do everything. As well as being a regular now on Saturday Night Live (and you know, a film star), Baldwin hosts the podcast Here’s The Thing. His latest guest is was John […]
Following on from the Café Society poster, we now have the first (and usually only) trailer for the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. With a Mars Distribution logo and French subtitles, it is here to promote the French release of the film on 11th May, the first territory where the film will […]
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! Woody Allen is often praised for his ability to write women, but he should get the […]
At the start of the year, Amazon surprised everyone by announcing they had signed Woody Allen to write and direct his first series. He has been writing his 2016 Amazon Series all year, but we haven’t heard anything concrete. Now we’ve heard the first crew member added to the series, suggesting it has progressed significantly. […]
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 […]
We continue our two part poll question about the best films of 2014 so far. This time we want to know what is your favourite big budget blockbuster of 2014 so far. Here are your choices (based on the top 8 earning films in the US at the time of writing): 22 Jump Street The […]
Four weeks into release for Fading Gigolo, and it’s been a good run. Another healthy week at the box office, and new excellent pieces from the UK where the film is about to be released. ‘Fading Gigolo‘ has now earned $14,729,499 globally. Leading the charge are strong showings in Italy ($5.8m), France ($1.3m), Brazil ($1.2m) […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Not much this time, probably due to all the actual film and theatre activity! But here’s what we have. We’ve covered some of Diane Keaton‘s recent interviews promoting her book ‘Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty‘. The Guardian has published […]
Fading Gigolo opened this weekend in the US, and it’s taken a big draw of the box office so far. The new film written, directed and starring John Turturro has netted a bigger per-theatre average than any film this week, and it’s the second biggest weekend for any film this year. ‘Fading Gigolo‘ has grossed […]
News bits! Our twice monthly roundup of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Not much this time around, but hey, it’s the holidays! We hope you are having a good one and see you in 2014! Louise Lasser was Woody Allen’s second wife and starred with Allen in some of his earliest films such […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Diane Keaton has stayed in the press these last couple of weeks, whilst doing press for ‘The Big Wedding‘. An interview with Saga magazine caught her reflecting on her career with Woody Allen. Anything I’ve done is based on Annie […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Scarlett Johansson is on the cover of the new Marie Claire. In the article about her, they have a new quote from Woody Allen, discussing how much he adores her. “Everything good,” Allen says at the mention of her name. […]
LOCO Film Festival are an organisation that supports and promotes comedy in British film. But this year, they’ve found time to celebrate Woody Allen, and are holding the first ever Woodystock at Hackney Picturehouse in London. A night of film, comedy, readings and music, it will be held on December 1 – Woody Allen’s 77th […]
Interiors is Woody Allen’s first serious work – a quiet drama about a family. It’s not only his first dramatic film – it’s his first dramatic ANYTHING. Years of stand up, playwriting, acting and writing comic short stories was put aside for 100 minutes. Allen has said that when he was young he realised he […]
The limited release of ‘To Rome With Love‘ has earned $379k in just 5 theatres on it’s opening weekend. It averaged just under $76k per screen – a fantastic result. This week’s number one film, Pixar‘s Brave, averaged $16k per screen. This makes it the second highest debut in the specialty category this year, behind […]