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A bit of fun this week. Lyricist Hal David passed away on 1st September 2012. Along with his partner Burt Bacharach, he penned many memorable songs including ‘(They Long To Be) Close To You‘, ‘Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head‘, ‘I’ll Never Fall In Love Again‘, ‘Alfie‘ and dozens more. Possibly the last great sole […]
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 […]
Woody Allen continued location shooting of his latest film in San Francisco this week. It’s been very exciting for the SF residents, who have been out in force, and with plenty of camera phones. It’s Allen’s second time directing a film in San Francisco. The first was, amazingly, 44 years earlier for his directorial debut […]
We were sad to hear that director Tony Scott passed away on 19th August, 2012, in an apparent suicide. The much respected director specialised in action films. He will go down in history as the director of ‘Top Gun‘. He also has such hits as ‘Days Of Thunder‘, ‘Beverly Hills Cop 2‘, ‘Enemy Of the […]
Woody Allen is a couple of weeks into filming his latest, as-yet-untitled film in San Francisco. He has been spotted in public many times, with the city being very excited about having the director in town. It is not the first time Allen has been in a film shot in San Fran. His first film, […]
Woody Allen’s top 10 films was recently revealed in the latest Sight & Sound poll. Amongst the films were ‘The Seventh Seal‘ by Ingmar Bergman. Allen’s love of Bergman is well documented. The character of Death from ‘The Seventh Seal‘ was parodied in Love And Death. Bergman is referenced in Annie Hall, a film that […]
We recently rewatched (and reviewed) Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask). On Monday, that film celebrates it’s 40th – yes 40th – anniversary. So for this week’s video of the week, we thought we’d share our favourite scene from the film. In this scene, Woody Allen and Heather […]
The folks at Open Culture recently wrote this up. They love posting old videos, and this one weird and great – a series of TV ads that Woody Allen made for the Japanese Department Store Seibu. We don’t know much else. If anyone wants o help with the translating, that would be great. It was […]
The excellent Funny Or Die has paid tribute to Woody Allen’s European period – in particular To Rome With Love, Midnight In Paris and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. There’s not really much to say about former SNL writer Ryan Perez’s video, other than it’s not the best Woody impression, but it’s spot on about his place […]
The image of Diane Keaton and Woody Allen on the park bench on the poster of Manhattan is one of the most iconic images in all cinema. It’s also one of the most iconic images of New York. The AV Club’s Noel Murray’s has taken a deeper look at that photo, and it’s use in […]
We are going early this week with our Video Of the Week. It’s getting passed around a bit, and we don’t want to miss out! Deadline.com has an exclusive clip from the new film To Rome With Love. For those who have not seen the movie (i.e most of the world), it’s our first glimpse […]
The excellent Flavorwire recently made this video, and it’s a lot of fun. With Woody Allen appearing less and less on screen as the years pass, Flavorwire has compiled all the Woody Allen surrogates into one video. Some are Woody when he was young (such as Seth Green in Radio Days). Others, such as Michael […]
We are, of course, very excited by the release of To Rome With Love this week in the US. We are bringing plenty of coverage, but let’s not forget about the movie itself. In anticipation, we are making the ‘To Rome With Love‘ trailer our video of the week. Woody Allen trailers are funny things. […]
This week’s video was recently posted on the Woody Allen: A Documentary Facebook Page. Not included in Woody Allen: A Documentary (even the full length version), this clip shows director Robert Weide sitting down with Woody Allen and asking him 12 questions that he has never been asked before. What would he have for a […]
This is possibly the the most famous of all of Woody Allen’s stand up routines. Allen’s stand up and TV career was thriving before he became known for his film making. The definitive version can be found on any of the Woody Allen comedy albums still in print. This version comes from an English TV […]