News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Congratulations to ‘Birdman‘ for sweeping the Academy Awards. Woody Allen, of course, did not turn up. However, there was an article this week that tried to connect ‘Birdman‘ with Woody Allen, in particular Bullets Over Broadway. The Independent has pointed […]
VOTW: Every Location From Hannah And Her Sisters Architecture Tour
One of our favourite scenes in Hannah And Her Sisters is when David (played by Sam Waterston) takes Holly (Dianne Wiest) and April (Carrie Fisher) on an architecture tour of New York City. We’ve been working hard on updating our Locations Map and found that there were a couple of places in this scene we […]
Stardust – Stardust Memories – Music Of Woody Allen Films
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Stardust Composed by Hoagy Carmichael (music) in 1927. Mitchell Parish (lyrics) in 1929. Used in Stardust Memories ‘Stardust Memories‘ – Allen’s film about a film – takes its name from the song ‘Stardust’ […]
Irrational Man: French, Dutch And Korean Distributors, Cast List, Joaquin Phoenix Name
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, […]
Bullets Over Broadway Musical Adds Dates In Florida, Minnesota
The Bullets Over Broadway Musical opened on Broadway in 2014. In 2016, it looks like it is set to tour. Based on the 1994 Allen film, we now have two more theatres adding the show – Kravis Center in Florida and Ordway Center in Minnesota. The announcements follow previously announced dates in Los Angeles and […]
New Robert Weide Interview On Woody Allen Stand-Up Years
Robert Weide directed Woody Allen A Documentary in 2012, and since then has worked on a number of Allen related projects. The latest was supplying new audio interviews and liner notes to The Stand-Up Years 1964-1968 – a new collection of Allen’s 60s stand-up albums. In a new interview with the Huffington Post, he talked […]
Bullets Over Broadway Musical To Open In Seattle 2016
The Bullets Over Broadway Musical is heading to Seattle in 2016. Based on Woody Allen’s 1994 film Bullets Over Broadway, the show ran on the real Broadway in 2014. It is now set for a small run of shows as part of the KeyBank Broadway at the Paramount. The ‘Bullets Over Broadway Musical‘ will play […]
VOTW: Scoop Interviews With Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane
With Scoop out on DVD for the first time in the UK, it got us looking back at the 2006 murder/comedy. Because of its strange release – it was essentially a TV movie in the UK – there was not a blitz of press. So our videos of the week collects together some ‘Scoop‘ era […]
Feb News Bits 1: Diana Krall, Olympia Dukakis, Steve Carrell, Mulaney, Patton Oswalt and more
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Singer/pianist Diana Krall appeared in a Woody Allen film. Thing is, she doesn’t remember which one. She spoke to the Guardian. Talking of New York, you’re a Woody Allen fan. Have you seen him play the clarinet at the Carlyle? […]
Eight Woody Allen Films In Annual They Shoot Pictures Poll
They Shoot Pictures Don’t They is one of the best sites on the internet. They collate almost every film list they can find, run some crazy numbers behind it, and provides some of the best Top Film Lists you can ever find. They have just updated for 2015 (their 10th edition), and Woody Allen has […]
Magic In the Moonlight: $37m Box Office, Belgrade Film Festival, Original Sketches
Magic In the Moonlight is the last film written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone. We have a small update today, with a final box office analysis, one more film festival and some cool production images. ‘Magic In the Moonlight‘ has earned (at least) $36,648,537 global box office. Leading the […]
Scoop DVD Released In UK For First Time
This one missed us by. It still seems a bit weird, but it looks like Scoop, the 2006 film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out on DVD for the first time in the UK. Of course, the film that stars Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson was filmed in the UK. The DVD set […]
Signed Woody Allen DVDs And Posters On Kickstarter Documentary
A new project has just hit Kickstarter that has some great rewards for Woody Allen fans. Robert Weide, director of Woody Allen: A Documentary, has a new film project- a documentary about Kurt Vonnegut. A 30-year passion project, it has now been added to Kickstarter to get it over the line. Amongst the rewards are […]
Love And Death Blu-Ray Out Now
Love And Death, the 1975 film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out now on Blu-Ray for the first time. The release comes from Twilight Time, the Blu-Ray reissue label that has released a number of Allen films over the last two years. You can purchase the Blu-Ray now at Screen Archives. Here’s their […]
Magic In the Moonlight Out On DVD/Blu-Ray In UK
Magic In the Moonlight, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out today for the home in the UK. It is available on DVD, Blu-Ray and video on demand. The UK edition features the UK poster art. ‘Magic…’ is already out on home media in the US and UK. Releases in France, […]
VOTW: William Barrett, Author Of ‘Irrational Man’
The name of the new film written and directed by Woody Allen due out later this year has a name – and it will be Irrational Man. It is a title that has already been taken – by a famous book by William Barrett. The book’s full title is ‘Irrational Man: A Study In Existential […]
Irrational Man – US Release Date And Spanish Distributor Announced
Irrational Man is the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone. We now know exactly how upcoming as we have the US release date. We also now know the Spanish distributor. The US release date for ‘Irrational Man‘ is 24th July 2015. It will make it Allen’s […]
I’m Thru With Love – Music Of Woody Allen Films
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. I’m Thru With Love Composed by Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck (music) and Gus Kahn (Lyrics) in 1931 Used in Everyone Says I Love You “I’m Thru With Love” (also referred to at times […]
Bullets Over Broadway Musical Opens In Los Angeles In 2016
The Bullets Over Broadway Musical is the first musical written by Woody Allen. Based on the 1994 film which he also directed (and co-wrote with Douglas McGrath), it closed on Broadway last year. It is now set to makes it’s Los Angeles Premiere in 2016. The production will hit Hollywood’s Pantages Theater, and play as […]