The legendary Max Von Sydow has died at the age of 90. He influence of cinema is incalculable. He starred in some of cinema’s greatest works. He inspired Woody Allen and the pair worked together once, memorably in 1986’s Hannah And Her Sisters. Von Sydow’s work with Ingmar Bergman are some of the finest films […]
Jan/Feb News Bits: Lynn Cohen, Zoe Caldwell, Caroline Aaron, Richard Dreyfuss, Barbara Hershey, and more.
News Bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 106th edition. First up – couple of fabulous women who had great roles in Woody Allen films have passed away recently. Lynn Cohen has died at age 86. She appeared in Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) and like her husband […]
Carrie Fisher 1956-2016 – Her Role In Woody Allen’s Hannah And Her Sisters
Like the rest of the planet, we are so sad to hear about the death of Carrie Fisher. She suffered a heart attack days ago, and was in hospital ever since. There are a million tributes on the internet, and they don’t seem to be enough to capture how much we all loved her. There’s […]
Hannah And Her Sisters Live Read Casts Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Sheen, Uma Thurman and more
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, […]
Olivia Wilde To Direct Hannah And Her Sisters Live Read
Live reads are becoming all the rage. It’s an opportunity for actors to pay tribute to a classic film, and perform classic roles. The New York Times and Film Independent have announced their latest – and it’s Woody Allen’s Hannah And Her Sisters, directed by Olivia Wilde. Hannah And Her Sisters, released in 1986, is […]
Mar News Bits 2: Garry Shandling, Barbara Hershey, Sylvester Stallone, Charlie Kaufman And More
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 88th edition! We were as sad as everyone else when we heard that Gary Shandling had died, at just 66. He was a comedy legend, and we loved him in The Larry Sanders Show in particular. He […]
Jul News Bits 1: Irwin Keyes, Jerry Weintraub, Diane Keaton, Amy Poehler, Seth MacFarlane, Steven Wright, SDCC and More
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Irwin Keyes has passed away. He was an actor with a fascinating look, which led to him being cast in films like ‘The Warriors‘ and ‘Intolerable Cruelty‘. It’s that look that no doubt got him cast in Stardust Memories. New […]
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Weide Discusses Woody Allen’s Golden Globes Montage
Woody Allen, as expected, did not turn up in LA to accept his Cecil B DeMille Award from the Golden Globes, but we were treated to three things instead – an introduction by Emma Stone, an acceptance by Diane Keaton and the lovely montage of Allen’s films. The montage was supervised by Robert Weide, the […]
VOTW: Happy Thanksgiving! A Scene From Hannah And Her Sisters
It’s Thanksgiving, and one film that always makes lists of greatest ever Thanksgiving films is Allen’s own Hannah And Her Sisters. Last year we posted Allen’s great monologue from the film. This year, we are going for a great romantic scene, featuring Michael Caine and Barbara Hershey. In the film, this part is called ‘…nobody, […]
Sleeper, Hannah And Her Sisters Released On Blu-Ray
Two of Woody Allen’s best films, Sleeper and Hannah And Her Sisters, made it to Blu-Ray this week in the US. The release follows the blu-ray upgrades of Annie Hall and Manhattan in January last year. Originally released in 1973, ‘Sleeper‘ stars Woody Allen as Miles Monroe, a man who is put into a cyrogenic […]
“A Feel Good Film”: Hannah And Her Sisters – The Woody Allen Pages Review
Woody Allen returns to modern day NYC for the first time since Manhattan with Hannah And Her Sisters is one of Woody Allen’s most loved films. A sprawling, rambling tale of three sisters who live in New York, and the lives they lead. It is little more than that – but the charm and flair […]