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News bits. Our irregular wrap up of Woody Allen internet bits. There was a lot this month. This the 107th edition. Walter Bernstein has passed away aged 101. Bernstein was was Hollywood screenwriter who worked on plenty of incredible films like the Magnificent Seven and so much more. He was blacklisted in the 50s by […]
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 […]
We started this poll at the start of March and the world has changed since then! Not just the coronavirus, but Woody Allen announced his autobiography, his publisher cowardly turned tail, and then the thing got published anyway. Strange times indeed. But we asked you to rank the 9 films Woody Allen released in the […]
It’s been years since we ran a poll and with every other site running polls, we decided for March to ask you to rank Woody Allen’s 2010s. Allen released 9 films in the ten years that made up the 2010s. They are 1. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (2010) 2. Midnight In Paris (2011) 3. […]
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 […]
Woody Allen’s 2018 Film has a title – A Rainy Day In New York. Allen has confirmed the story’s title in a new interview in the Inquirer. Says Allen, talking about his recent projects: This year, it was a film with the title ‘A Rainy Day in New York.’ This story and title was considered […]
In a sentence no one thought would ever be uttered, Woody Allen has wrapped his participation of his first ever Facebook chat. He was interviewed by Bob Weide, director of Woody Allen: A Documentary. The hour long interview is now archived on Woody Allen’s official Facebook page, and you can watch the video below. IndieWire […]
It still seems unusually quiet for Wonder Wheel, the 2017 film written and directed by Woody Allen. We don’t have any real details, although we know it is coming this year. In a new interview, star Kate Winslet briefly mentions the film and her experience. WWD covered the Lancôme Dinner in Monaco, which was attended […]
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 […]
Results time! For March, we ask you to help us rank all 46 Woody Allen films to date. It is something we’ve wanted to do from day one of starting this site – we just always imagined that the films the fans loved would be different to what the critics say, and what the wider […]
Woody Allen’s deal with Amazon to create a series – ultimately called Crisis In Six Scenes – for the Prime Video service was a surprise to many. One of the questions we had immediately is how do people watch the series outside of the US and UK where the service was available? In the last […]
Allen continues his European tourist excursion with To Rome With Love in 2012. And by now, Allen makes no apologies for the postcard perfect scenes, covering just about every tourist cliché in Rome. It’s classic cinematic escapism as we see Rome at it’s impossible best, with various stories of romance and comedy mixed in. By […]
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 99th edition! Alec Baldwin just seems to do everything. As well as being a regular now on Saturday Night Live (and you know, a film star), Baldwin hosts the podcast Here’s The Thing. His latest guest is was John […]
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! Shadows And Fog is one of the most formal experiments in Allen’s career. A clear nod to […]
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! Allen has said himself that Alice is the humorous flip side to Another Woman. Our titular heroine […]
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 96th edition! Parker Posey is currently starring in Allen’s latest film – Café Society – and his one previous – Irrational Man. She is starring in the new Netflix film Mascots, and she spoke to the Guardian about it. […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – an irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. When Allen makes films in continental Europe, they are unapologetic tourist perfect postcards. It’s about visiting Americans in foreign place, and the cities are shown at their most romantic and beautiful – if not […]
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! Another Woman was the first time Allen handed over the lead of a film over to someone […]
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 95th edition! Inbetween the premiere of his latest film, Café Society, in major European countries, the production of a new 2017 film and the launch of his first series Crisis In Six Scenes, this has been one of the […]
The New York Times has a wonderful new feature, talking about the New York Philharmonic Orchestra‘s live performance of the Manhattan score live. The New York Philharmonic performed most of the 1979 film’s original soundtrack. And some of the players from that performance are still in the band. Manhattan is perhaps Allen’s best soundtrack, and […]