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The minor internet flurry continues. What started as a grass roots campaign two weeks ago by the Jewish Journal has now progressed into political intrigue. Israeli news site Haaretz reports that none other than President Shimon Peres met with Woody Allen in New York about the possibility of filming in Israel. This meeting was followed […]
Paris Manhattan is the debut feature film by French writer/director Sophie Lellouche. The film is a homage to Woody Allen, and he even makes an appearance in the film. We have that photo, the trailer, the synopsis and all the dates. The romantic comedy even managed to get Woody Allen to appear. Collider captured Woody […]
Last week we reported on the campaign by the Jewish Journal to get Woody Allen to make his next movie in Israel. It has caused a small internet flurry. Based on comments Allen recently made to the press, he painted himself as a film maker for hire – have scripts, will travel. Allen’s Jewish heritage […]
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 […]
To Rome With Love opened wide in the US over the weekend in 806 theatres (compared to 5 on the opening weekend). It has now peaked at number 10 at the US box office, it’s peak so far. It follows Midnight In Paris which peaked at number 7. It has grossed $4,863,538 in the US […]
Bananas is the second film written, directed and starring Woody Allen. It is a straight farcical comedy, about a man who gets caught up in a revolution of a small fictional country of San Marcos. Allen stars as Fielding Mellish, although he plays pretty much the same character, or kind of character, that he does […]
The last decade of Woody Allen’s career has been an adventure around the world. London, Barcelona, Paris and Rome – this most New York of directors has been going on holiday. However, Allen has been very open about the reasons – money. As he recently told the Wall Street Journal It’s strictly economics. It started […]
US & Canada To Rome With Love opens wide across America this weekend. So far, To Rome With Love has only opened in select cities (where it topped the specialty box office). The Official To Rome With Love Site has all the US dates on their site. …Rome also opens in Canada this weekend. UK, […]
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 […]
Woody Allen: A Documentary was first released at the end of last year in the US. It has now slowly made it’s way around the world. Here’s a round up of the current ways you can go see this wonderful documentary. Note there are two versions – a 2hr theatrical version, and a 2-part, 3 […]
News Bits – a monthly round-up of Woody Allen trivia from around the web. Business Week has a fun feature on Woody Allen’s productivity. Taking Allen’s career as a successful business, and how he achieves it. Woody Allen has a new voice in Germany, according to Worldcrunch. Wolfgang Draeger has been dubbing Allen’s voice for […]
Cast: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin Released: 1969 Take the Money And Run is the first movie written, directed and starring Woody Allen (What’s Up, Tiger Lily? doesn’t really count in our books). It is the first time he took complete creative control – having been burnt on both …Tiger Lily and Casino Royale. It is […]
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 […]
The limited release of ‘To Rome With Love‘ has earned $379k in just 5 theatres on it’s opening weekend. It averaged just under $76k per screen – a fantastic result. This week’s number one film, Pixar‘s Brave, averaged $16k per screen. This makes it the second highest debut in the specialty category this year, behind […]
Wild Man Blues is a documentary about the other side of Woody Allen – the musician. For decades, Allen has been playing clarinet publicly with various jazz bands. He has a regular Monday night appointment at the Cafe Carlyle in New York and according to him, he practises every day. His love and understanding of […]
Two new DVD Box sets are to be released next month in UK. Also, Woody Allen: A Documentary is available to pre-order, to be released on both DVD and Blu-Ray on 24th September. The two new box sets are from 20th Century Fox. The most interesting one is The Woody Allen 20 Film Collection. As […]
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. […]
To Rome With Love opens in the US this Friday. Woody Allen has been speaking to very select press, but so has many of the films stars. We have collected some of our favourites. Ellen Page spoke about her nervousness in working with Woody Allen in AM New York. The experience of being on a […]
With To Rome With Love opening this week in the US, the publicity has kicked into a high gear. Woody Allen has been granting key interviews with major press, and even made public appearances to launch the new movie. Allen appeared at the L.A. Film Festival, and followed it up with an appearance in New […]
To Rome With Love premiered in the US this week, as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival. Before the actual 22nd June 2012 US release, many reviews from US critics are popping up on the web. Italian reviews for To Rome With Love were mixed at best, whereas the US have been nicer (although […]