Woody Allen continues his tribute to European cinema, and delivers a tribute to Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles On A Summer Night (1955). Allen’s at his most romantic, and this small film with just 6 actors and one set is one his most unashamed love stories. It helps that one of those six actors is Mia Farrow, […]

Stardust Memories is considered by many to be Woody Allen’s first cinematic misstep. It is a film with a lot of problems but amongst the problems are hidden some wonderful moments, but for some, they are overshadowed. For us, we think it’s a lovely film. Woody Allen plays Sandy Bates – a renowned director looking for […]

Interiors is Woody Allen’s first serious work – a quiet drama about a family. It’s not only his first dramatic film – it’s his first dramatic ANYTHING. Years of stand up, playwriting, acting and writing comic short stories was put aside for 100 minutes. Not in a bad way- but there is nothing funny about ‘Interiors‘.Diane […]

For most people, Annie Hall is the first Woody Allen film you hear about, and the first you ever saw. It’s been with us long enough to inspire a love that led to a whole website. It’s considered the best Woody Allen film, and we agree.Woody Allen plays Alvy Singer. Right at the start he tells […]

Love And Death marks the end of Woody Allen’s ‘early, funny’ period. Although not as openly mad and frenetic as his previous films, it sees Allen flirting with influences beyond his stand up and TV persona. It’s one of his funniest films, but it also hints at something a lot bigger. Woody Allen stars as Boris […]

Sleeper is a farcical comedy and continues Allen’s growth as a visual director, a writer with more than just jokes and probably most importantly of all – the arrival of Diane Keaton into his films.It’s another great set-up for Allen’s stock onscreen persona. He plays Miles Monroe, a man who has been frozen for 200 years. […]

Take The Money And Run is a highly regarded comedy – the first of a run of purely comedic films Allen would make (or, as Allen coined them, the ‘early, funny ones’) before heading into more interesting ground.Woody Allen stars as Virgil Starkwell, a bank robber and petty criminal. Told as a mockumentary, we learn about […]

Bananas is a straight farcical comedy, about a man who gets caught up in a revolution of a small fictional country of San Marcos. Allen stars as Fielding Mellish, although he plays pretty much the same character, or kind of character, that he does in Take the Money And Run (1969). In these early films, where […]

Radio Days marks the culmination of everything Woody Allen had done to that point. Featuring plenty of Allen’s past cast, and mixes European feel, directing flair, old time entertainment, the documentary form and something very American into a great film.Woody Allen narrates an almost biographical story, about a child who grows up in the time […]

Woody Allen returns to modern day NYC for the first time since Manhattan (1979) with this, one of Woody Allen’s most loved films. A sprawling, rambling tale of three sisters who live in New York, and the lives they lead. It is little more than that – but the charm and flair that Allen brings […]

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid To Ask) is an anthology film in seven parts, each focussed, of course, on sex. From studies of sex, sexual perversions to what it is to be a sperm, it showed Allen to be a film maker who was overflowing with ideas. This time around, […]

Written and Directed by Woody Allen 1. Take the Money and Run (1969) 2. Bananas (1971) 3. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) 4. Sleeper (1973) 5. Love And Death (1975) 6. Annie Hall (1977) 7. Interiors (1978) 8. Manhattan (1979) 9. Stardust Memories (1980) 10. A […]

A common question. Why do people work with Woody Allen? Here’s some of the reasons why. Knowing full well reason doesn’t satisfy the unreasonable. 1. Dylan Farrow’s (or Mia Farrow’s) series of events didn’t happen. Whatever did happen in 4th August 1992, it is very clear that it is not what Dylan Farrow, Mia Farrow, […]

A list of awards won by Woody Allen films. – Greyed out are nominations – Mouseover for award details