Blue Jasmine saw Allen return to America after another stint abroad, but he surprised his audience by not returning to New York – at least not fully. Allen announced that the film would be made in San Francisco, where he made his very first film Take The Money And Run (1969). Although some scenes would […]
Café Society Japanese Release Date, New Website
Café Society is the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen. As is usual for Allen, it plays in most of the world before being released in Japan a year later. With that, a year after the film premiered in France, Café Society will be released in Japan on May 2017. As usual, the […]
Jan News Bits: Alec Baldwin, John Turturro, Carl Sprague, Woody Harrelson, Diane Keaton
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 99th edition! Alec Baldwin just seems to do everything. As well as being a regular now on Saturday Night Live (and you know, a film star), Baldwin hosts the podcast Here’s The Thing. His latest guest is was John […]
Crimes And Misdemeanors, Alice, Shadows And Fog UK Blu-Ray Set For April
Arrow Academy in the UK recently acquired the rights to 19 early Woody Allen films, and have collected them into lovely new Blu-Ray box sets and standalone discs. We now have release dates for the three final films in the series. Crimes And Misdemeanors, Alice and Shadows And Fog are all available on 3rd April. […]
Video: 10 Things About Another Woman – Trivia, Cast, Locations And More
Our latest video essays looks at one of Allen’s least popular films – 1988’s Another Woman. Released in 1988, it was only Allen’s third drama, and one plagued by casting issues, with many scenes being cut. It’s obscure (and sometimes hard to find) – so how well do you know it? Our video looks at […]
Woody Allen’s Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet Film Sets Brazil Release Date
It’s 2017 and a new year means a new film for Woody Allen. Not much has been officially announced about the 2017 film which will star Justin Timberlake and Kate Winslet, that was filmed last year. We now have our first inkling of information, and it’s from Brazil. Allen’s Brazilian distributor have given the film […]
VOTW: Woody Allen’s Academy Awards 2002
It’s Award Season, the season that Woody Allen could famously could not care less about. Despite all the awards he has won, Allen has only ever appeared at one Award show – the Academy Awards in 2002. And he did it because of 9/11. It’s our highly irregular video of the week. It is one […]
New Annie Hall 4K Print To Play Berlin Film Festival
Woody Allen’s masterpiece Annie Hall turns 40 this year, and despite Allen’s reluctance to look back, we were expecting some way to commemorate. Looks like the first will be the Berlin Film Festival, who will be premiering a digitally restored version of the 1977 film. The not much details on the digital restoration, but it […]
5 Films And A TV Show To Watch After Shadows And Fog
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A series where we recommend films referenced, inspired, influenced or generally like a certain Woody Allen film, from his first to his latest. All picks are subjective – let the arguments begin! Shadows And Fog is one of the most formal experiments in Allen’s career. A clear nod to […]
Café Society Nominated For Casting, Production Design Awards
It’s a new year, and the awards season is off. Café Society isn’t going to an awards triumph like other Allen films recently, but has picked up three nominations. Two of those nods were to two of Allen’s longest collaborators. Cafe Society picked up a nomination at the Art Director’s Guild Awards. Production Designer Santo […]
Video: 10 Things About September – Trivia, Locations, Music And More
Our video series continues with our look at September, a notorious film in Allen’s catalogue. It is by far his smallest, and his lowest earning. He also remade the film immediately after he shot it with a new cast. The film polarised his audience in 1987 when it was released, but as the decades wore on, […]
Café Society Filming Locations – Los Angeles, New York And More
Café Society was one of Allen’s most lavish films in recent years. Not only were the costumes and sets amazing in their recreation of the 1930s, Allen also shot in two major cities – Los Angeles (for the first time since Annie Hall in 1977) and his beloved New York. Allen and his team found […]
Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro Discusses How Café Society Was Made
Café Society, the newest film from Woody Allen, has pretty much completed its run, and is rolling out on DVD, Blu Rays and on digital services (like Amazon Prime for the US customers). Into coincide, cinematographer Vittorio Storaro has done a couple of interviews, really diving into the how the film was made. The most […]