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As 2013 draws to a close, there’s plenty of discussion over who will take out the year’s big awards. Cate Blanchett is everyone’s frontrunner for Best Actress for her role in Blue Jasmine, the new film by Woody Allen. That standing holds well as it’s been announced that she is receiving the first award for […]
Woody Allen’s London period became a European period with Vicky Cristina Barcelona. And unlike his London films, which were re-written from American settings, Spain is a deep part of this film. A mix of romance and morality, it is rightly considered one of the highlights of his later career. Rebecca Hall stars as Vicky, and […]
The December issue of UK Harper’s Bazaar features Cate Blanchett on the cover. Inside, the Blue Jasmine star interviews her director – Woody Allen. The interview appears on Harper’s Bazaar website and covers a wide range of topics, and are full of revelations. There’s also a new photo shoot with Allen and Blanchett together. Some […]
The real VOTW we wanted was the brief but excellent Woody Allen impression by Edward Norton on last week’s ‘Saturday Night Live‘. Norton of course appeared in Everyone Say I Love You (doing a little bit of a Woody Allen impersonation) and the sketch was part of the opening sequence and also featured Alec Baldwin […]
The Hollywood Reporter today has published a new open letter from Woody Allen. The letter is his thoughts on the casting of his films, and his work with his long time casting director Juliet Taylor. The letter coincides with a larger conversation about casting. At the moment, there is no Academy Award for casting, an […]
Our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around web. Happy Halloween! There was actually a Woody Allen related pumpkin carving this year – for the ‘Bullets Over Broadway Musical‘. Check out all the photos. We are very much enjoying the new Stephen Merchant series ‘Hello Ladies’ on HBO. The transplanted brit spoke […]
We’ve been revisiting Allen’s first burst of London films. It all began with Match Point, a massive turning point in Allen’s career, and our video this week is an interview with the primary cast – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode and Brian Cox – as well as Woody Allen himself. It […]
A new story from the New York Post has lifted the lid on the casting of the Bullets Over Broadway Musical. Amongst the more prominent roles yet to be cast is the one of Helen Sinclair. But one name has emerged as the leading contender – Marin Mazzie. The also reveals that a number of […]
Cassandra’s Dream marks Woody Allen’s third film in a row in London. It’s another serious morality tale – with not a hint of Allen’s wit on show. Featuring original score, it’s an intense and bizarre film – that ultimately doesn’t work. Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor star as Terry and Ian, two brothers with big […]
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s 2013 film, is still in cinemas, and now we have the first details – and images – from Woody Allen’s 2014 film. Called ‘Magic In the Moonlight‘, it stars Colin Firth and Emma Stone. Here are the images. First up, Firth. The other image released features Emma Stone and Marcia Gay […]
News bits: our twice monthly update of Woody Allen bits from around the web… Jennifer Tilly spoke to Mark Thompson on The Edge recently. The podcast features clips from Bullets Over Broadway, and Tilly speaks about Allen and her experience making the film. Starts at about 2:53. Interestingly, she reveals that the part of Olive […]
Mia Farrow opened up to Vanity Fair this month about the scandal that involved her and Woody Allen in 1992. Various allegations are made in the article, including a quote that Ronan Farrow could ‘possibly’ be the son of Frank Sinatra. Some reactions to the piece have emerged. Ronan Farrow himself tweeted the following: https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/385412266625351681 […]
Mia Farrow and members of her family have gone on record about their life with Woody Allen, in a new interview with Vanity Fair. Farrow and Allen had a very public scandal in 1992, which ended with Allen marrying Farrow’s 20 year old adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. The article, due in next months issue, is […]
News Bits: Our twice monthly round up of Allen news bits from around the web. Sam Rockwell was recently interviewed at the AV Club about ‘Random Roles’ in his career. One of the roles they asked him about was his small role in Celebrity. He reveals some great stuff about that role, and that film. […]
Allen returns to London for something a lot more light hearted and silly. Scoop is a murder mystery caper done for farce, and one of Allen’s rare comedies in his later career. Woody Allen stars as Sid Waterman, also known as The Great Splendini. An American magician on tour in London, he meets a young […]
UK press continues on this, the opening weekend of Blue Jasmine in the UK. We’ve collected a couple of the new interviews for our Video(s) Of the Week. Our first was posted by the UK distributor for ‘Blue Jasmine‘, Warner Bros. Most interesting from this is how specific the inspiration for Jasmine seems to be. […]
Blue Jasmine has been released to UK cinemas this week. To coincide, two of the big UK newspapers have published new revealing interviews with Allen. Allen also appeared on a BBC radio show. In the Guardian, Allen spoke to Catherine Shoard On having Bernie Madoff in mind. No. I had none of that in mind. […]
Blue Jasmine starts to roll out across Europe, and since the US release, there’s been several new clips released. The clips feature every member of the main cast – Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale, Louis CK, Peter Sarsgaard, Andrew Dice Clay and Michael Stuhlbarg. There are several clips in this batch we […]
Last night saw London be the latest city to hold a red carpet event for Blue Jasmine, the newest film written and directed by Woody Allen. As usual, Allen himself was not in attendance but stars Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins made it down to Leicester Square. None of Allen’s extensive British alumni made it […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web! Olivia Wilde was asked at the red carpet of ‘Rush‘ who she would love to take a car ride with. She chose Woody Allen. Click through to the Independent to watch the video. We would love to see her in an Allen […]