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Whatever Works is the 39th film written and directed by Woody Allen. ‘Whatever Works‘ sees Allen return to the US for the first time in many years. It was made amidst the writer’s 07/08 strike, when Allen was unable to make a new script, so he used one he had previously discarded, originally written for […]
We have the first images of the 49th film written and directed by Woody Allen. Called Rifkin’s Festival, the images come as a Spanish distributor is announced. Deadline has the distribution story. Rifkin’s Festival was filmed in San Sebastián last year, and tells the story of an American couple’s romantic entanglements at the San Sebastián […]
Woody Allen is the film critic’s darling, and outside of directors, the role that critics love to talk about is cinematography. And with Allen, rightly so. Allen himself has never been the most technically minded, or technically patient, filmmaker. Yet he is meticulous about making beautiful films. The result is Allen usually allows cinematographers to […]
Wonder Wheel, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out now in select theatres. We have a box office report for the new film. As usual, Box Office Mojo is the best industry source. Wonder Wheel has earned $140,555 in five theatres. The PTA (per theatre average) was $28,111. This puts it […]
Filming has wrapped on another Woody Allen film, titled A Rainy Day In New York. It is Allen’s 48th feature film, and will be released in 2018. As the film heads into post production, we do our usual wrap up of everything we know. Minor spoilers, and some speculation to follow. The title, the story […]
Whatever Works is an oddity in Allen’s career in this period. Released in 2009, it was the only exclusively New York film in a run of 11 films, when Allen was mainly shooting in Europe. Allen returns to New York, and focus is not Allen’s usual upper, more posh addresses. He sticks to downtown, Chinatown […]
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! Mighty Aphrodite is typical of his 90s work, of bringing a bit of Hollywood fantasy with the […]
Results time! For March, we ask you to help us rank all 46 Woody Allen films to date. It is something we’ve wanted to do from day one of starting this site – we just always imagined that the films the fans loved would be different to what the critics say, and what the wider […]
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 […]
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! Justice. Right and wrong. Consequence. Allen made his first dramatic masterpiece with Crimes And Misdemeanors, that looks […]
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! September is one of the most peculiar corners of Woody Allen’s filmography. Allen actually made 2 films […]
News Bits! Our now monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 93rd edition! Here’s one for all of July. Actor Seamon Glass has died. He appeared in Sleeper as a guard. He told Classic TV History: I had an on-camera fight with Woody Allen. Sleeper is where he wakes […]
We are continuing our box office updates for Irrational Man, the newest film written and directed by Woody Allen. Over the last two weeks we saw another massive haul in France, moving the box office significantly. France has actually overtaken the US now. ‘Irrational Man‘ has now earned $18,130,850 worldwide global box office. France leads […]
Production has wrapped on Woody Allen’s 2016 film. Which is a good time to wrap up everything we know about the film so far. This is a mix of things that have been announced, things we learn during production and a little bit of guess work. This is the second part. Find the first part […]
Two Woody Allen films have made their way into two new Top 100 film lists. One is from the BBC has critics voting for the best American films. A second from Time Out has a variety of actors voting for the best film of all time. From the BBC Culture list, two Allen films made the […]
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 […]
Earlier this year, Amazon revealed it had done a deal for a series to be written and directed by Woody Allen. There was almost no details about the series, and we speculated it might have trouble hitting the announced 2016 release date. New comments from Amazon this week have revealed that there is no deadline […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. New York Knicks legend Anthony Mason has died. He was just 48. Mason made a cameo in Woody Allen’s Celebrity, dancing with Charlize Theron and staring down Kenneth Branagh. Allen is, of course, one of the Knicks’ biggest fans as […]
Irrational Man is the 2015 film written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone. It will be first released in the US in July 2015. With almost five months to go, we still have very little details. What we do have in this update is confirmation on a couple of international distributors, […]
When it rains it pours. A big January of announcements has been capped off with details of Woody Allen’s upcoming 2015 film – including the title. The film will be called ‘Irrational Man‘. ‘Irrational Man‘ is also a philosophical book by William Barrett. Credited with introducing existentialism to the English speaking world, it ties into […]