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Woody Allen turns 80 on 1st December 2015. 80 years is a remarkable milestone. We thought about doing something big to celebrate. But Allen has grumbled all year about this day – and how it is like any other, how he will not be making a big deal of it, how there is no meaning […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Woody Allen has loved Paris for a long time, but it took him over 40 films before he made a film that was fully set there. The result was Midnight In Paris, as […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Hidden amongst Irrational Man, the new film from Woody Allen, was a small first – the use of a bond fide pop hit in one of his films, one of the great jazz […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Wes Craven has died. The director has been credited for reinventing horror several times. But he was mainstream horror – from ‘Nightmare On Elm Street‘ and ‘Scream‘. BBC has an obit. We can’t find any record of Allen and Craven […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Woody Allen’s films have become synonymous with jazz, but one of the most powerful scenes in all of his films is a musical moment with another form of music altogether. Allen’s use of […]
In news that should surprise no one, Woody Allen is returning to his regular Jazz residency in New York. Accompanied as usual by the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, Allen will be playing Monday nights at the Carlyle Cafe in New York. The first show back from the summer break will be 14th September […]
Woody Allen and his regular band – the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band – have just finished a short US tour. The final show was at the Orpheum in Los Angeles, and the LA Times reviewed the show. Always the self-deprecator, Allen joked at the top of the concert: “It’s like touring doing Gregorian […]
Woody Allen is currently on tour in the US. Along with his regular band, the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, the director has visited Minnesota and the west coast. Along with reviews of the show, we have some exclusive photos, including Woody Allen with Sammy Hagar, Tom Smothers and more. Fitstly, here are the […]
The soundtrack for Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, is now available. Like the soundtracks of recent films, it is a digital only release. The Irrational Man Soundtrack of course features music from the film. Most prominently the Ramsey Lewis Trio, whose music plays a big role in the film. […]
Woody Allen is out on tour in early August, with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. The small run of dates starts today in Minneapolis and heads to the west coast, in time for Allen to start production on his 2016 film. To coincide, Allen has done a couple of interviews about his love […]
We are just over a week out from the release of Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. As usual, a handful of newspapers will run new interviews with Allen. First cab off the rank this year is the Wall Street Journal, who has a new chat with Allen where he […]
At age 79, Woody Allen is going off touring with a band. As we previously announced, he is playing shows in Minnesota and California this August with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, his usual band who accompany him in New York most Mondays. If that wasn’t enough, a second date has now been […]
Placido Domingo was set to star in a revival of the opera Gianni Schicchi, directed by Woody Allen. Due to family tragedy, Domingo has announced he will not be appearing at dates scheduled for Madrid. The performances will however go ahead with new players in the lead role. As the LA Times reports, Domingo is […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Seems Like Old Times Written by Carmen Lombardo and John Jacob Loeb in 1945 Used in Annie Hall. Annie Hall is a film built on memories, and accepting times gone. It is a thread that […]
Sony Pictures Classics has released a press kit for Irrational Man, the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen. Available on the official site, it digs a lot deeper into the film, with insightful comments from Allen as well as cast members Jamie Blackley, Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey and Emma Stone. There are no […]
Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band are going on tour in August. We broke the story with the dates along with an exclusive interview with trombonist Jerry Zigmont. We now have the full list of venues as well as links to buy tickets. It is unusual for Allen and the band […]
Woody Allen fans know Jerry Zigmont. He’s the trombonist for the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, the outfit that have been playing every Monday night with Woody Allen for decades. Year after the year, the band plays almost every week (with a small break for the holidays and to make films) at The Carlyle […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Let’s Misbehave Written by Cole Porter in 1927 Used in Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid To Ask) and Bullets Over Broadway. Woody Allen has said it several […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Stardust Composed by Hoagy Carmichael (music) in 1927. Mitchell Parish (lyrics) in 1929. Used in Stardust Memories ‘Stardust Memories‘ – Allen’s film about a film – takes its name from the song ‘Stardust’ […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. I’m Thru With Love Composed by Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck (music) and Gus Kahn (Lyrics) in 1931 Used in Everyone Says I Love You “I’m Thru With Love” (also referred to at times […]