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Woody Allen’s 48th film, A Rainy Day In New York, is finally seeing a UK release. The film had been released in most countries outside the US, UK and Australia. This release won’t be in cinemas (which are closed in the UK). The release comes from Signature Entertainment, who hold the rights for several Allen […]
We have the first images of the 49th film written and directed by Woody Allen. Called Rifkin’s Festival, the images come as a Spanish distributor is announced. Deadline has the distribution story. Rifkin’s Festival was filmed in San Sebastián last year, and tells the story of an American couple’s romantic entanglements at the San Sebastián […]
Apropos Of Nothing is the new autobiography from Woody Allen. It was released last month on as an ebook and hardcover copies have started to find its way into stores. Now the audiobook version is available and it has been read by Woody Allen himself. The audiobook version is now on Amazon’s Audible service, Apple […]
Eddy Davis has passed away. Since the 80s, he has been the leader of Woody Allen’s jazz band, and a prominent musician in his own right. He played on Monday nights, leading the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, for decades with Allen. He toured the world, with and without Allen, and was known as […]
The Woody Allen’s autobiography Apropos Of Nothing is out now in the US. We have a new interview with the publisher, and more dates announced for two key European countries. The book has hit shops in the US through Arcade Publishing, a part of Simon & Schuster. Arcade is run by Jeanette Seaver, who has […]
We started this poll at the start of March and the world has changed since then! Not just the coronavirus, but Woody Allen announced his autobiography, his publisher cowardly turned tail, and then the thing got published anyway. Strange times indeed. But we asked you to rank the 9 films Woody Allen released in the […]
In a victory to for free speech and all that jazz, Woody Allen’s long awaited autobiography is out now in the US and the UK. The book comes from Arcade Publishing, distributed by Skyhorse Publishing. You can pretty much start reading it right now. The book is available as an eBook right now in the […]
Woody Allen’s memoir, Apropos Of Nothing, is set to be released in the Europe, rolling out in the next several weeks. Here’s a round-up of the details. We’ll update this page with more details as they come. Germany – 7th April – Pre-order link Publisher Rowohlt will be releasing the book with a similar cover […]
The legendary Max Von Sydow has died at the age of 90. He influence of cinema is incalculable. He starred in some of cinema’s greatest works. He inspired Woody Allen and the pair worked together once, memorably in 1986’s Hannah And Her Sisters. Von Sydow’s work with Ingmar Bergman are some of the finest films […]
Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson…Bobby Slayton? Comedian Slayton is fast becoming a Woody Allen favourite, working with Allen three times in the last four or so years. He had role in Allen’s series Crisis In Six Scenes and the film Wonder Wheel. He is also set to return in Allen’s upcoming film […]
It’s been years since we ran a poll and with every other site running polls, we decided for March to ask you to rank Woody Allen’s 2010s. Allen released 9 films in the ten years that made up the 2010s. They are 1. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (2010) 2. Midnight In Paris (2011) 3. […]
The decades long gestating autobiography from Woody Allen is finally set for release. It was announced today that it will be released by Grand Central Publishing who have set a release date of 7 April – just a little over four weeks away. The book will be called Apropos Of Nothing. AP carried the story. […]
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 106th edition. First up – couple of fabulous women who had great roles in Woody Allen films have passed away recently. Lynn Cohen has died at age 86. She appeared in Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) and like her husband […]
We are producing a series of books about every Woody Allen film, and the second volume is now free on Amazon’s kindle service for the next five days. It’s called The Woody Allen Film Guide Volume Two: 1988-2002. It covers every Allen film in those years, from Another Woman (1988) to Hollywood Ending (2002). Each […]
Woody Allen is not afraid to cast unknown actors in significant roles – usually over more established names. One of the earliest examples of this was Broadway Danny Rose. Allen and his long time casting directing Juliet Taylor found Nick Apollo Forte and put him in a lead role. His family has now said that […]
Hollywood Ending, despite the title, sees Allen remain faithful to New York City. The film spends a lot of the time inside a film studio. We suspect some of the offices and apartments are also sets created for the film. But there’s still a mix of gorgeous outdoor locations in Central Park, glamorous hotels and […]
Following on from yesterday’s news that Spanish entertainment company Mediapro are likely to extend their working relationship with Allen, Deadline reports that Mediapro has also expanded their sales duties for Allen’s upcoming 2020 film. Amongst the new report is the confirmation of the film’s title as Rikin’s Festival. Deadline broke the news. They also offered […]
Mediapro, the Spanish mega entertainment company, have confirmed they are in talks with Woody Allen about producing a new, 2021 film. It follows Mediapro’s upcoming film with Allen, currently titled Rifkin’s Festival and due for release later this year. The news was given by Jaume Roures, the president of Mediapro, in a new statement today, […]
Diane Keaton has a new book out. It’s called Brother And Sister, and it is a memoir about her relationship with her brother. Her brother suffered from mental health issues and addiction. And Keaton reveals that Randy inspired a character in Annie Hall. Keaton starred in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall (1977), playing the title character. […]
The Woody Allen Film Guide is our comprehensive guide to the films of Woody Allen – well the first 16 anyway. Revised, reformatted and refreshed, the book is the first of three planned volumes that will cover all 48 films written and directed by Woody Allen. It is now available in paperback. For the next […]