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The press and publicity is coming thick and fast now, as we are a week away from the US release of Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s new film. Allen himself has granted a small number of interviews, but two new interviews today cover two of our favourites from the cast – Cate Blanchett and Louis CK. […]
Woody Allen is currently in France filming his 2014 film – an as-yet-untitled comedy starring Emma Stone and Colin Firth. Over the weekend, the crew filmed a number of scenes outside Nice Opera, which we have featured on this site (check out our stories tagged 2014 film for more pics). We have been sent a […]
Sony Pictures Classics have released the list of cinemas that will be showing Woody Allen’s latest film Blue Jasmine on the 26th July 2013. This initial limited release will be in New York and Los Angeles only, and will open around the US and the world in the coming weeks and months. Here are the […]
We are a little over a week away from the US release of Woody Allen’s 2013 film Blue Jasmine. Today we have a couple of new images, an Italian release date, a great new piece in the New York Times and more positive press reactions. Firstly the new images. These come from Finnish film site […]
More images have surfaced from the production of Woody Allen’s 2014 film. Taken from the weekend, these cover the crew as they filmed Colin Firth outside of Nice Opera in the South of France. UPDATED: These photos were sent to us by Téba. With these we can make a couple of guesses about the shots. A […]
With less than two weeks to go until they release the new Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine, Sony Pictures Classics has released a new clip featuring comedian Louis C.K. They also held a series of press screenings throughout the US (Boston, Philadelphia, etc) and we’ve rounded up more initial reactions as we wait for fuller […]
News bits – our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits around the web. Kind of a quite two weeks – maybe it was the holiday, maybe it was everything else going on in Allen-land! Jeff Daniels has been on the press circuit, promoting season 2 of ‘The Newsroom‘. But the subject of Woody […]
Briefly: Woody Allen and his team have been out in the streets of Nice the past couple of nights, shooting his 2014 film. The currently untitled comedy stars Colin Firth and Emma Stone, and the team were in the French town of Nice, in front of the beautiful Opera House. We have pictures from both […]
Woody Allen and team have spent a second night shooting outside Nice Opera in the south of France, for his 2014 film. We have a few more photos and a video snippet which once again show big crowds, dramatic setting, and a smidgen of Colin Firth. First from @The_Crystal Ship We can see Darius Khondji, […]
With less than two weeks to go until Blue Jasmine gets it’s first release in the US, we have more images, a great locations guide and more reactions from recent press screenings. Even more pictures! This latest selection features Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard and one quite arty shot of Allen himself. San Francisco […]
Filming for Woody Allen’s 2014 film has apparently gone on all week, but it is only today that we have the first photos from the new production. Allen and his team were in Nice last night, shooting at the grand Nice Opera. One of our readers Liz left this in our comments: Yes! We saw […]
The L.A. Times have published a new, lengthy piece on Woody Allen. Written by Marc Olsen, it features plenty of discussion about the new film Blue Jasmine, as well as new quotes from Cate Blanchett, Andrew Dice Clay and Woody Allen himself. Some quotes and highlights: Olsen does a great job tying together Allen’s recent […]
Just in time for our video of the week! Entertainment Weekly has nabbed an exclusive clip from Blue Jasmine, our first real extended look at Woody Allen’s latest. The scene is almost one shot, featuring a taste of Cate Blanchett‘s portrayal of Jasmine that’s been getting so much buzz, as well as co-star Sally Hawkins. […]
Sony Pictures Classics just held a press screening for Blue Jasmine, the new film from Woody Allen. As a result, reactions and reviews are coming in through twitter – and they are overwhelmingly positive. Most of the postivity is around Cate Blanchett‘s performance. But the overall film seems to be a winner, with Sally Hawkins […]
Some news bits coming in from the countries that are releasing Blue Jasmine, the Woody Allen film, shortly after the US. More pictures, reviews and trailers coming through. Romanian site CinemaRX has heaps of new photos. We assume they are from the Romanian distributor who are releasing the film there on 30th August. The new […]
We haven’t been able to get our hands on it, but Nice-Matin have an exclusive new interview with Woody Allen. Their website has been promoting it, but if anyone can send us the full interview, we would much appreciated. The French newspaper covers the territory that Woody Allen, Emma Stone and Colin Firth are calling […]
Big news for us this week was the confirmed offer of money from Sweden for Woody Allen to make a film there. Allen has deep affection for Sweden and it’s film history, in particular the works of Ingmar Bergman. We have previously posted one interview with Allen about Bergman for UK TV. This one, from […]
We are now three weeks out from the premiere of Blue Jasmine, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. This week we have a couple more images, outtakes from the recent Wall Street Journal article and a chance to see the film early in Toronto. The film, starring Cate Blanchett as Jasmine, is […]
Hollywood Ending, and this period of Woody Allen’s career, is widely regarded as a low point. Another light comedy, Allen returns to Hollywood’s abuse of art as a victim of his barbed wit. Unfortunately it’s a joke that drags on for too long, although it’s peppered with many good moments. Woody Allen stars as Val […]
The last decade of Woody Allen’s career has been marked by location. His embracing of Europe and her cities have breathed new life into his films. This leads to many cities wanting to draw Allen to them. In a new report from Sweden, they are the closest having made an offer to the director. News […]