All things Woody Allen – a fansite, news and reviews
Magic In the Moonlight is the new, upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone. Set for release in July , it is surprising how little we know. This week we saw the launch of a new website and a new Facebook page for the film- a good […]
News bits! Our twice monthly round-up of Allen bits from around the world (wide web). Arthur Gelb has passed away. He was a longtime critic and editor at The New York Times. He was the first to cover many future superstars, from Lenny Bruce, Barbara Streisand and Woody Allen. The New York Times has a […]
Magic In the Moonlight is the 2015 film written and directed by Woody Allen. It will be released on the 25th July, although details are still scarce. We’ve seen a couple of images, and now Sony Pictures Classics have released one more. The new image features Colin Firth and Emma Stone in pretty, picturesque surrounds […]
Woody Allen’s 2014 film is Magic In the Moonlight. For a director who is notoriously secretive about his films before release, we actually know less about ‘Magic In the Moonlight’ than Allen’s recent films. Here’s a rundown of everything we do know. Here’s the official synopsis: MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT is a romantic comedy about […]
We are still light on the ground in terms of plot details, but we are starting to see some listings of Magic In the Moonlight, the 2014 film written and directed by Woody Allen, with a solid US release date and distributor. Several sites are now listing 25th July 2014 as the release date for […]
We are definitely in awards season, with Blue Jasmine being one of the favourites for several awards, in particular Best Actress for Cate Blanchett. There’s lots going on, including a new run for ‘Blue Jasmine‘ in US cinemas and a fresh interview with Woody Allen. Sony Pictures Classics have announced that Blue Jasmine will be […]
Huffington Post has managed to grab a lengthy, extended interview with Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Dice Clay, two of the stars of Blue Jasmine. It was a Q&A with Rob Feld, held after a screening of the film for award season voters. We haven’t heard much from Cannavale, so it’s refreshing to hear from him. […]
Briefly: FilmNation Entertainment announced last month that it acquired the international sales for Woody Allen’s 2014 film – ‘Magic In the Moonlight‘. News on the new film is short, but this week the CEO of FilmNation Glen Basner has made some brief comments about the film. According to Variety: That’s a little bit extra special. […]
Following on from the New York premiere earlier in the week, Blue Jasmine premiered in Los Angeles last night. The stars in attendance from the film were Cate Blanchett, Peter Sarsgaard, Andrew Dice Clay and Bobby Cannavale. The premiere was presented by the AFI as well as Sony Pictures Classics. Cannavale was not present in […]
We have been following this story for a while now – the estate of William Faulkner suing Sony Pictures Classics for using a nine word quote in the film Midnight In Paris. The case has come to court – and gone, with Sony winning the case. For the previous stories see here and here. The […]
With less than two weeks to go until they release the new Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine, Sony Pictures Classics has released a new clip featuring comedian Louis C.K. They also held a series of press screenings throughout the US (Boston, Philadelphia, etc) and we’ve rounded up more initial reactions as we wait for fuller […]
Sony Pictures Classics just held a press screening for Blue Jasmine, the new film from Woody Allen. As a result, reactions and reviews are coming in through twitter – and they are overwhelmingly positive. Most of the postivity is around Cate Blanchett‘s performance. But the overall film seems to be a winner, with Sally Hawkins […]
Briefly – Sony Pictures Classics has released another new image from Blue Jasmine, the 2013 film from Woody Allen. Although we’ve seen plenty of official photos, this is only the second one to show Woody Allen himself on set, this time with the two biggest stars of the film – Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin. […]
Having teased us with just a few images for months, the official Blue Jasmine website has been updated today with a completly new look and feel. The graphically rich site, run by Sony Pictures Classics, features lots of stuff we’ve not seen before. You can find the site at BlueJasmineFilm.com. First, there’s a new synopsis. […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Diane Keaton has stayed in the press these last couple of weeks, whilst doing press for ‘The Big Wedding‘. An interview with Saga magazine caught her reflecting on her career with Woody Allen. Anything I’ve done is based on Annie […]
Sony Pictures Classics has released a new Blue Jasmine Press Kit, featuring quotes from any of the cast, plenty of details about the film. The 30 page document has been sent out to press who are reviewing the film, and features plenty of spoilers – so here are the key bits with no spoilers. We […]
Sony Pictures Classics have released another new stil image from ‘Blue Jasmine’, the 2013 film from Woody Allen. The new image shows two characters that play a married couple in the film – Sally Hawkins as Ginger (the sister to Cate Blanchett‘s Jasmine) and Andrew Dice Clay as Augie. As usual, the still doesn’t give […]
The official release date for Blue Jasmine in the US is 26 July, but there will be a very special screening in New Jersey next month. It is the first publicly available tickets to see Woody Allen’s 2013 film. There are two special screenings on the 27th June. Here are the details from the Monmouth […]
Sony Pictures Classics has released another new image from Woody Allen’s 2013 film Blue Jasmine. The new image features the films two most famous stars – Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin. Blanchett and Baldwin are a married couple in ‘Blue Jasmine‘, until their marriage ends and it sends Blanchett to San Francisco. The new image […]
We’ll be honest. We were hoping that the trailer for Blue Jasmine would be our video of the week. But the trailer didn’t arrive so we are taking solace in one of our favourite Woody Allen clips. This one is from 1967 and its Allen as the guest on the TV game show ‘What’s My […]