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Can it really be four years since Wonder Wheel? Woody Allen’s incredibly intense drama saw him return to the past – this time 1950. And once again, he used CGI to make the past come alive. At the heart of the film is Coney Island, home of the Wonder Wheel ride which gives the film […]
Woody Allen loves playing around in the past. Sweet And Lowdown goes back to the jazz age – the twenties and thirties. Which means lovely costumes, incredible cars – and a real challenge of finding locations. In Sweet And Lowdown, we don’t see the hip urban landscape of Manhattan that Allen sold to the world. […]
Eddy Davis has passed away. Since the 80s, he has been the leader of Woody Allen’s jazz band, and a prominent musician in his own right. He played on Monday nights, leading the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, for decades with Allen. He toured the world, with and without Allen, and was known as […]
Woody Allen is the film critic’s darling, and outside of directors, the role that critics love to talk about is cinematography. And with Allen, rightly so. Allen himself has never been the most technically minded, or technically patient, filmmaker. Yet he is meticulous about making beautiful films. The result is Allen usually allows cinematographers to […]
Our latest video in our 10 Things series looks at one of Allen’s more acclaimed but lesser seen works – Sweet And Lowdown. We dig into just some of the trivia around the film. Including Woody’s last big TV appearance The script’s 30 year journey Again, the Frederico Fellini influence Of course, Django Reinhardt The […]
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 105th edition! Jeff Goldblum is back in the spotlight, which can only mean good things. He’s one of the many cast members in the new Wes Anderson film Isle Of Dogs. He spoke to Playlist in a video interview, […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A series where we recommend films referenced, inspired, influenced or generally like a certain Woody Allen film, from his first to his latest. All picks are subjective – let the arguments begin! Bullets Over Broadway was a hit with fans and critics, a crowd pleaser that showed everything that […]
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 101st edition! Judy Davis has returned to Australia to direct Faith Healer for the Melbourne Theatre Company. In a new interview with ABC, she spoke about her role in Allen’s Husbands And Wives, and how she was embarrassed by […]
Woody Allen Fan Rankings 2017 Results! This is part 2, and you can find part 1 here. 23. Take The Money And Run (1969, 256 points) Just sneaking into the top half is Allen’s debut. Fans overwhelmingly liked this one (38%), although a lot of you hadn’t seen it compared to the other early films […]
Crisis In Six Scenes is the new series written and directed by Woody Allen. It was made for Amazon, and they recently held a premiere screening in New York. Stars Miley Cyrus and Rachel Brosnahan were amongst those in attendance. The event was held at the Crosby Street Hotel, in lower Manhattan. They really decked […]
A large part of the crew that worked on Woody Allen’s latest film, Café Society, is returning for another round. Allen is making a 2017 Film this fall, and on the crew list is Vittorio Storaro (cinematography), Santo Loquasto (production design) and Suzy Benzinger (costume design). Storaro was perhaps Allen’s biggest partner on Café Society, […]
Hannah And Her Sisters, the 1986 film written and directed by Woody Allen, is getting the live read treatment. The reading will be directed by Olivia Wilde, who has been announcing the cast on her Twitter feed (@oliviawilde). There’s lots of familiar faces to Allen’s filmography. In the role of Holly, originated by Dianne Wiest, […]
Woody Allen’s 2016 Amazon Series has likely wrapped, with him and his team now working on the release of Café Society. But someone has updated the IMDB, and it turns out a couple of familiar faces are working on the new Amazon Series. The most familiar name to Allen fans would be Douglas McGrath. He […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Sweet And Lowdown is one of Allen’s most music filled films. The story of Emmet Ray, a jazz guitarist with a great talent but a greater ego, the score is filled with guitar […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 84th edition! It’s been a tough week for heroes. We, of course, join the chorus of those whose lives are lessened with David Bowie and Alan Rickman leaving us. Two others have passed in the last week […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A new series where we recommend films referenced, inspired, influenced or generally like a certain Woody Allen film, from his first to his latest. All picks are subjective – let the arguments begin! This is the fifth in our new series to expand recommendations for films like Woody Allen […]
Production has wrapped on Woody Allen’s 2016 film. Which is a good time to wrap up everything we know about the film so far. This is a mix of things that have been announced, things we learn during production and a little bit of guess work. This is the second part. Find the first part […]
Irrational Man, the newest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is now out in Europe. We have a box office update as well as some new magazine covers out of France, including a new interview with Joaquin Phoenix. ‘Irrational Man‘ has now hit $11,660,357 worldwide – another million dollars since last week. Leading the […]
Nine weeks into the release of Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, and it is pretty clear that the film will end with a disappointing result. We have a box office update and a couple of new posters. ‘Irrational Man‘ has now made $7,593,486 worldwide. US leads ($3.9m) followed by […]
Irrational Man, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out this week in the UK, having pretty much finished its run in US cinemas. It is rolling out across Europe and other parts of the world. In our usual weekly round-up, we have a box office update. Irrational Man has now earned […]