The Emmy Award nominations were announced. Congrats the following Woody Allen alumni: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (Deconstructing Harry) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (Alice, To Rome With Love, Blue Jasmine) Louis C.K., Louie (‘Blue Jasmine‘) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Mayim […]
Woodywatch: Woody Allen & Soon-Yi Previn Holiday At St Tropez, France
A very brief Woodywatch: Woody Allen is in France to make a new film, but in sticking to his reasonable hours, he is taking the odd day off. On the weekend, Allen and wife Soon-Yi Previn took a boat ride in the town of St Tropez in the south of France. Not much news, and […]
New Image Of Woody Allen’s 2014 Film Cast In France – Marcia Gay Harden, Erica Leerhsen, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Shamos
Woody Allen is currently in France making his 2014 film, a 1920s comedy starring Emma Stone and Colin Firth. We’ve seen the leads – we now have a new image of the supporting cast in France. The image was posted by Marcia Gay Harden (@beloving2). In the pic, l-to-r, is Jeremy Shamos, Hamish Linklater, Erica […]
Blue Jasmine Tops Specialty Box Office For 2013
Blue Jasmine opened in limited release on Friday in New York and Los Angeles. First figures are in and on the back of fantastic reviews, it has topped the specialty box office this year. On opening weekend in netted $612,767 in just 6 theatres. That gives it a per screen average of $102,128. It beats […]
Blue Jasmine Interviews – Video Round Up, Crew Profiles and More
There is no shortage of publicity for Blue Jasmine, the 43rd film written and directed by Woody Allen that is released in cinemas in New York and Los Angeles this week. We have plenty more videos with Cate Blanchett and the rest of the cast. We also have some excellent interviews with some of the […]
New Recording And Videos From Woody Allen Jazz Band In France
Woody Allen performed two concerts this summer in France with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band this summer, taking their regular Monday night New York show across the pond. The two concerts, one in Lyon, one in Antibes, were held in the middle of Allen making his 2014 film. Now the band have posted […]
VOTW: Every Blue Jasmine Clip – Happy Release Day
We can’t believe we’re finally here. We’ve been covering Blue Jasmine for over a year. From tracking all the photos coming in from San Francisco last summer, to having the exclusive on the film’s name from a French tweet, it has been quite a year. And today, ‘Blue Jasmine’ is finally released into cinemas in […]
Blue Jasmine Los Angeles Premiere With Cate Blanchett, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Sarsgaard, Andrew Dice Clay
Following on from the New York premiere earlier in the week, Blue Jasmine premiered in Los Angeles last night. The stars in attendance from the film were Cate Blanchett, Peter Sarsgaard, Andrew Dice Clay and Bobby Cannavale. The premiere was presented by the AFI as well as Sony Pictures Classics. Cannavale was not present in […]
First Image Of Colin Firth And Emma Stone On Set Of Woody Allen’s 2014 Film + Update
Judaicine, a company who helps promote Jewish and Israeli film in French cinema, have nabbed a very cool exclusive. It’s our very first real look at Woody Allen’s 2014 film, with a very cool picture of Emma Stone and Colin Firth. Woody Allen, in his every day hat, is there as well. The behind the […]
Blue Jasmine Cast Interviews: Press Conference, Cate Blanchett, Andrew Dice Clay, Louis CK
Blue Jasmine hits limited release this Friday in New York and L.A.. The cast gathered in New York this week to attend the premiere at MOMA. Some of the cast also attended a press conference, and also spoke to many of the TV shows and more. Here’s a round up of appearances. The press conference […]
Blue Jasmine MOMA Premiere – Gallery + Video
Blue Jasmine had a star studded premiere at the New York Museum Of Modern Art (or MOMA). Amongst the stars that turned out were Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Louis CK, Andrew Dice Clay, Max Casella and Tammy Blanchard. Woody Allen himself was not there as he is currently in France making […]
Blue Jasmine: New Clip More US Reviews, Rotten Tomatoes & Metacritic Scores
Blue Jasmine opens at the end of this week, and the review are starting to stack up. We also have the latest clip from the film. The new clip features Alec Baldwin and Cate Blanchett. You can watch it on iTunes We will update this post with an embeddable version as soon as there is […]
Woodywatch: Emma Stone, Colin Firth And Andrew Garfield Attend Woody Allen Concert In France
Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band have just completed their second and last concert in France, in the town of Antibes. In the audience were the stars of Allen’s newest film, currently in production in France – Colin Firth, Emma Stone (and her partner Andrew Garfield) and Erica Leerhsen. Pretty cool […]
Blue Jasmine: Interviews With Alec Baldwin, Andrew Dice Clay, Dutch Magazine, French Premiere & More
Blue Jasmine opens in a week in New York and Los Angeles, and the cast has been asked about Woody Allen everywhere they go. We covered some of the other cast, and now we have new comments from Alec Baldwin and Andrew Dice Clay. Alec Baldwin spoke to the Independent. He’s also excited about Blue […]
Emma Stone Skips Comic Con For Woody Allen
Briefly: San Diego Comic Con is on right now, and usually what goes on there has very little to do with Woody Allen. This year, Woody Allen has managed to cause an interruption. Emma Stone is once again starring as Gwen Stacey in “The Amazing Spiderman 2“. There was speculation that she might appear on the […]
Woodywatch: Woody Allen’s Jazz Band Perform in Lyon, France
Woody Allen is currently in France, directing his 2014 film. But not one to ever rest, he played a gig in Lyon last night with his regular jazz band – The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band – as part of Nuits de Fourvière. Some pictures appeared in Twitter, there’s an official poster as well as […]
“Not Bad But Weak”: Anything Else – The Woody Allen Pages Review
Anything Else is a film that should work. It’s modern day New York, it’s modern day love with interesting and flawed characters. There is plenty of pretty great one liners, and the performances go from pretty great to ok. But it doesn’t work – and it’s because everything in show here has been done better. […]
Blue Jasmine: First US Reviews
It looks like the embargo has been lifted and reviews are starting to flood in for Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s new film. The general concensus so far is the the film is above average Woody Allen, made all the better with a startling turn from Cate Blanchett. Let’s get into it! Excerpts ahoy! Here’s The […]
Sony Pictures Classics Wins Lawsuit Against Faulkner Estate
We have been following this story for a while now – the estate of William Faulkner suing Sony Pictures Classics for using a nine word quote in the film Midnight In Paris. The case has come to court – and gone, with Sony winning the case. For the previous stories see here and here. The […]
VOTW: 1 Hour David Lean Lecture For BAFTA
A really wonderful video this week. It’s a one hour long interview with Allen hosted by Mark Kermode, done for the annual David Lean Lecture, and held at BAFTA. The long interview was done shortly after Match Point in 2005, but Kermode is such a fan, and revelations come from films such as Sweet And […]