Woody Allen is in the south of France, working on his 2014 film. The production has been significantly more low key than the public Blue Jasmine filming on the streets of San Francisco (perhaps because it’s a period piece and modern French buildings just won’t do). A number of new images surfaced this weekend. @sofiacrosta1 […]
“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 […]
VOTW: Woody Allen 1967 CBC Profile – On Writing and Being Funny
A wonderful video from the CBC archives. Taken from 1967, it’s a profile of the artist before he ever made a single film. Allen at the time was writing, just starred in ‘What’s New Pussycat?‘ and ‘Casino Royale‘ and appearing as a comic talent on TV. The 12 minute profile follows Allen into his personal […]
New Woody Allen Piece In The New Yorker – ‘Now, Where’s My Oxygen Tank?’
It is an extremely period couple of month for Woody Allen, but that has not stopped him from writing a piece for theAugust issue of The New Yorker, something he has done occasionally for many years. The new piece is called ‘Now, Where Is My Oxygen Tank?” And is available now. Without giving too much […]