All things Woody Allen – a fansite, news and reviews
It’s been a long journey for Rifkin’s Festival, the 49th film written and directed by Woody Allen. It was first released in Spain in late 2020 but has only been released in a handful of countries since. But Allen’s home country has finally announced a release – 28 January 2022. It will also be released […]
A Rainy Day In New York is the 48th film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 2019. TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET stars as Gatsby Welles, a college student who takes his girlfriend Ashleigh Enright, played by ELLE FANNING, to New York for a day trip. They hit the big city as it starts to […]
Rifkin’s Festival – the latest film from Woody Allen – continues it’s long, strange trip of a roll out as cinemas around the world try and get back on its feet. The latest market to announce a release is China, who will screen the film as part of the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival (or […]
Rifkin’s Festival – the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, has set a French release date. It will open in French cinemas on 29 September, distributed by Apollo Films. There hasn’t been an official announcement, but it seems the date and distributor was confirmed by information around the wider release schedule. So no […]
The Woody Allen Pages has been around now for 9(!) years, and this year we launched a podcast series. The Woody Allen Pages Podcast episode 1 is out now and you can subscribe in the links below. But there’s more than just us – so here is a guide to other Woody Allen podcasts. If […]
Rifkin’s Festival, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, hits Italian cinemas today. Cinemas are finally reopening in that country and Allen is a huge star there. To promote the release, Allen has done interviews with several Italian publications, talking about the film and what is coming up. All these were translated from […]
Film festivals are in just as much trouble as the cinema industry right now, but some are still bravely moving ahead. One is the Hong Kong International Film Festival, which happens between 1st-12th April 2021. Amongst the line up is the new film from Woody Allen – Rifkin’s Festival. The Hong Kong International Film Festival […]
For no particular reason, we are making the eBook versions of our book series free on Amazon Kindle. They will be free from 1 March 2021 PST for two days. The books cover every one of Woody Allen’s films up from Take The Money And Run to A Rainy Day In New York. It is […]
Rifkin’s Festival – the newest film written and directed by Woody Allen – is very slowly rolling out around the world (with the global cinema industry in all sorts of trouble). The latest release comes from Russia, and Allen did a lengthy interview with Russian TV recently. You can watch on YouTube with auto translating […]
After an unprecedented year of pandemics and disruption, it looks like things are moving towards some semblance of life. With that, there’s news that Woody Allen will make a new film in 2021. Likely to be a 2022 film, production will take place in Paris, restrictions pending. Before the pandemic hit, plans were made for […]
Small Time Crooks features one of Woody Allen’s great locations. One that should be on every great Woody Allen location guide – the cookie shop. It’s actually rare for Allen to take over such a public location for public filming. Otherwise, Small Time Crooks is an interesting mix of two New York’s – the schlubby […]
Rifkin’s Festival is the 49th film written and directed by Woody Allen. Like most of the world, the run of the film has been anything but normal. But ever so slowly, some countries are picking up the rights. The Netherlands is the latest country to screen Rifkin’s Festival. It opened in 3 December. This follows […]
The 49th film written and directed by Woody Allen is out now to the public…of Spain. Filmed and produced in Spain, Rifkin’s Festival recently premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival. European critics loved it, and even American ones gave it the usual begrudging respect. The film stars Wallace Shawn as Mort Rifkin, who goes […]
Well, if 2020 wasn’t already weird enough, here’s the news some thought would never happen. Woody Allen’s film A Rainy Day In New York will be released nationwide in US cinemas on 9th October 2020. The release comes with a rejigged poster (above) and a trailer (below). Also a new synopsis: Woody Allen returns to […]
Another couple of major territories are releasing A Rainy Day In New York, the 48th film written and directed by Woody Allen. Releases are now set for Japan in July, Australia in August and New Zealand set to follow in September. A Rainy Day In New York is released in Japan on 3rd July. Released […]
Alec Baldwin has posted a podcast interview with Woody Allen. It’s his first podcast interview for many years, and part of Baldwin’s regular Here’s The Thing. The wide ranging podcast has Allen discussing filmmaking, his new book Apropos Of Nothing, and yes, those allegations. Baldwin and Allen are, of course, no strangers. Baldwin has worked […]
The The Woody Film Guide Volume 3 is now out! And for the next five days it is free on Amazon’s Kindle service. It’s also out on paperback. The latest volume covers 2003 to 2019, and features comprehensive looks at all the films from Anything Else to A Rainy Day In New York. The book […]
UPDATED: With links to interviews in The Guardian and the Telegraph. There’s a number of new Woody Allen interview in the UK, done to coincide with the UK release of A Rainy Day In New York. Here’s a round up of quotes, but more more on their sites. Published by The Mail On Sunday, the […]
The world is a funny place. Woody Allen, 51 years into his directing career, has achieved a new box office record, although under very strange circumstances. For the first time ever, one of his films has topped the global box office – the highest earning film on the entire planet for one week. It helps […]
A Rainy Day In New York, the 48th film written and directed by Woody Allen, has opened in another country. Following the news of the UK, the film was released in Korea on 6 May 2020. Along with the release date comes a couple of wonderful new posters. We love these international posters, our favourite […]