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! Allen wrote and made A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy very quickly and very cheaply. Knowing that […]
Woody Allen Discusses Miley Cyrus, Café Society In New Hollywood Reporter Cover Feature
Café Society, the new (and 46th) film written and directed by Woody Allen, comes out next week in France, and will also open the 69th Cannes Film Festival. To coincide, The Hollywood Reporter has a new wide ranging interview with Allen, where he discusses working with Amazon, and the new film, and much more. There […]
Vittorio Storaro Talks Cafe Society Plot, Production And More
We missed this, but cinematographer Vittorio Storaro recently gave a lengthy, career spanning interview with CineAlta Magazine. He spoke at length about his latest film – Woody Allen’s Cafe Society – which is set to be released later this year. MASSIVE THANKS to our eagle eyed reader Dinora who spotted the article. Firstly, Storaro confirms […]
“An Arthouse Experiement”: Melinda And Melinda – The Woody Allen Pages Review
The last Allen American film for many years, Melinda And Melinda presents an interesting premise – can the same story be told as a drama or a comedy? And which has more value? Unfortunately, no answer comes along, and the film plods along and goes almost nowhere. An intellectual experiment, with little heart, it doesn’t […]