September marks the beginning of a series of serious dramas, many of them troublesome, that Allen directed. It is one of Allen’s most humble films – with one setting and a handful of characters, it is a play on film. It has some great performances, but in the end it lacks much of Allen’s flair. […]
2012 Round Up: DVD Releases – Midnight In Paris, A Documentary, Box Sets, More
2012 was another busy year for Woody Allen DVDs. A new box set series was released in Europe and Australia, as well as 2011’s Midnight In Paris and this year’s Woody Allen: A Documentary. Other bits and pieces as well, and we have the full round up. Midnight In Paris ‘Midnight In Paris‘, Woody Allen’s […]
Sept News Bits 2: Michael Peña, Whit Stillman, Robots, Nancy Jo Sales, Museums, Muses, Windsor Font, Taxi Driver, Batman, Woody’s Europe
We talked about Michael Peña in our last news bits. The ‘Tower Heist‘ actor has been talking about how he’d like to work with Woody Allen, and it looks like he’s not just saying it because his publicist told him to. NPR’s All Things Considered has been running a great series called ‘Movies I’ve Seen […]
Woody Allen Features In New HBO Documentary ‘Casting By’, On Art Of Casting
Woody Allen is one of a number of stars set to appear in a new documentary ‘Casting By‘. ‘Casting By‘ investigates the work and artistry of Casting Directors, focusing on casting legend Marion Dougherty. The film has been acquired by HBO to broadcast within the year. It premièred earlier this month at TIFF, and will […]
VOTW: Woody Allen French Documentary From 1979
This week’s video has been doing the rounds on Twitter recently thanks to a recent write up on the website Dangerous Minds. It’s a one hour documentary about Woody Allen made for French TV in 1979. The wonderful video features some commentary in French, but there’s a lot of Woody being interviewed in English, in […]
August News Bits 2: NY Subway Tickets, Zelig, Emily Mortimer, The Newsroom, Dick Hyman, 1965 Resume, Annie Hall Edited, Robert Crumb
News Bits from around the web. Usually monthly but with so much going on, we had to do two this month! Artist Nina Boesch has paid tribute to some of the New York City’s icon with a part of New York itself. She has taken thousands of New York subway tickets and created new portraits […]
‘A Fascinating New Step’: Interiors – The Woody Allen Pages Review
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. Allen has said that when he was young he realised he […]
Crimes And Misdemeanors, Manhattan Declared Allen’s Best by Sight & Sound Director’s Poll
UK film magazine Sight & Sound has revealed the final part of their 2012 poll, by revealing all the votes from the hundreds of directors polled. They previously released the entire voting from critics – where Annie Hall was the highest voted Woody Allen film. The Director’s poll has two films tied for first place […]
Three New Box Sets Released In Australia This Week
Three new DVD Box Sets will be released on 25th July in Australia. These great value collections contains some of the very best works by Woody Allen – the films on which his reputation lies. Woody Allen Collection – Volume 1 Collects Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid To […]
New UK DVD Box Sets And ‘A Documentary’ Pre-Order
Two new DVD Box sets are to be released next month in UK. Also, Woody Allen: A Documentary is available to pre-order, to be released on both DVD and Blu-Ray on 24th September. The two new box sets are from 20th Century Fox. The most interesting one is The Woody Allen 20 Film Collection. As […]