One of Woody Allen’s most reliable character actors returns to the fold. Deadline are reporting that Tony Sirico is the latest to sign up to Allen’s 2016 film, due to start production next week. They are also reporting his character’s name as Vito. Sirico is best known for his work in ‘The Sopranos‘, but he […]
Woody Allen Jazz Tour Ends With LA Show
Woody Allen and his regular band – the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band – have just finished a short US tour. The final show was at the Orpheum in Los Angeles, and the LA Times reviewed the show. Always the self-deprecator, Allen joked at the top of the concert: “It’s like touring doing Gregorian […]
Irrational Man Wk3: $1.3m Box Office, New Posters, Photos, Jamie Blackley
Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, is three weeks into its run. It is still only playing in select cities, but has now passed the million mark in the US. We also have some cool new posters from around the world, and new images and interviews. ‘Irrational Man‘ has now […]
Exclusive: Woody Allen Jazz Band Meets Sammy Hagar, Tom Smothers On the Road
Woody Allen is currently on tour in the US. Along with his regular band, the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, the director has visited Minnesota and the west coast. Along with reviews of the show, we have some exclusive photos, including Woody Allen with Sammy Hagar, Tom Smothers and more. Fitstly, here are the […]
Woody Allen’s 2016 Film Completes Cast With Corey Stoll, Ken Stott And More
The 2016 Film written and directed by Woody Allen begins production in just a few days, and today we have full cast list. It adds several new names to the previously announced cast. The headline cast are: Jeannie Berlin. She was previously mentioned by Allen but today her casting is confirmed. Her first time in […]
Amazon Offers Woody Allen Series Update
Roy Price, the head of Amazon Studios, has appeared onstage at a Television Critics Association event. During the event, he offered some new details on the 2016 Amazon Series from Woody Allen. Allen also had additional comments about the Amazon series. Deadline was one of many to cover the event. Big revelations is the script […]
Irrational Man Soundtrack Available Now
The soundtrack for Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, is now available. Like the soundtracks of recent films, it is a digital only release. The Irrational Man Soundtrack of course features music from the film. Most prominently the Ramsey Lewis Trio, whose music plays a big role in the film. […]
Woody Allen Talks Upcoming US Jazz Tour
Woody Allen is out on tour in early August, with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. The small run of dates starts today in Minneapolis and heads to the west coast, in time for Allen to start production on his 2016 film. To coincide, Allen has done a couple of interviews about his love […]
Irrational Man Wk2: $637 Box Office, New Emma Stone, Parker Posey Interviews
Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, has been out for two weeks. It is only playing in certain US cities until it opens wide next weekend. We have a box office update, as well as some new interviews with Emma Stone and Parker Posey. Irrational Man has now earned $637,331 […]
Jul News Bits 2: Aubrey Morris, Rebecca Hall, Steve Guttenberg, Greta Gerwig and more
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Aubrey Morris has died, aged 89. In his five decade career he in appeared in many films and onstage, including a memorable role in ‘A Clockwork Orange‘ and ‘The Wicker Man‘. He also appeared as a soldier in Love And […]
Woody Allen Discusses Love, Drugs And Filmmaking In New In Depth Interview
Every year, Woody Allen gives at least one lengthy, revealing interview. This year, that interview belongs to NPR. The interview by Sam Fragoso doesn’t even touch on his new film Irrational Man. Instead he gets a very candid Allen talking about his filmmaking habits and his personal relationships. Fragoso did a great job of asking […]
Jesse Eisenberg Talks Upcoming Woody Allen Film
Jesse Eisenberg is out promoting his new film ‘The End Of the Tour‘, a biopic of sorts about David Foster Wallace (played by Jason Segel). In a new interview with ComingSoon.net, Eisenberg was asked about his role in the upcoming 2016 film from Woody Allen. CS: Is it true you’re doing another movie with Woody […]
Annie Hall, Crimes And Misdemeanors In New Top 100 Films Lists
Two Woody Allen films have made their way into two new Top 100 film lists. One is from the BBC has critics voting for the best American films. A second from Time Out has a variety of actors voting for the best film of all time. From the BBC Culture list, two Allen films made the […]
Legendary Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro Joins Woody Allen’s 2016 Film
Details continue to emerge about the upcoming 2016 film to be written and directed by Woody Allen. New listings on IMDB have now revealed several of the crew including the addition of Vittorio Storaro as cinematographer (above). Storaro is an Italian cinematographer who has photographed some of cinema’s greatest works including ‘Apocalypse Now‘, ‘The Last […]
Irrational Man Wk1: $250k Box Office, #1 PTA, Hong Kong Film Festival
Irrational Man, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, has been out for a week. As usual, we will be doing weekly wrap ups of box office and release dates, and various news bit. ‘Irrational Man‘ opened in just two cities, New York and Los Angeles, across 7 theatres. In its first week, […]
Irrational Man Interviews: Jamie Blackley On Working With Woody Allen
Of all the stars of Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, Jamie Blackley has been the least visible. The relative new comer gets headline status alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey and Emma Stone, but has done very few interviews. There is new, long feature about Blackley in the Guardian, where […]
Irrational Man Interviews: Woody Allen On Donald Trump, Amy Schumer, Emma Stone And More
Irrational Man, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out now in selected cities. As usual, Woody Allen himself has done a number of interviews. We’ve collected some of the best comments. The biggest interview feature comes from the Chicago Sun Times. Allen spoke about a wide range of topics with Richard […]
Joaquin Phoenix Talks Woody Allen, Irrational Man In LA Times
Joaquin Phoenix has not been doing many interviews for Irrational Man, the new Allen film where he stars. But in a new, extensive profile for the Los Angeles Times, Phoenix talks about the film and Allen. The feature dives deep into Phoenix’s career. They have a quote from Allen on Phoenix. Everything you give him […]
Irrational Man Box Office: Strong Opening Weekend
Irrational Man is the 45th film written and directed by Woody Allen. It opened this past weekend in selected cinemas in New York and Los Angeles. It had a strong opening weekend at the box office. ‘Irrational Man‘ opened in 5 theatres and earned $188,115. It’s per theatre average sits at $37,623. It is the highest […]
Irrational Man: Parker Posey Interviews And Videos Round-Up
Parker Posey is one of the stars of Woody Allen’s latest film, Irrational Man. She has now signed on for Allen’s 2016 film, meaning there are sure to be people calling her Allen’s latest muse. She’s been doing a lot of press, and we thought it was worth rounding up the best of her comments […]