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Café Society is out now in the US, and over the past weekend it played to more people than ever – expanding to a soft wide release of 565 cinemas. The film is now just shy of $4 million in the US, and flies straight past $10m globally. We also have a new US TV […]
News Bits! Our now monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 93rd edition! Here’s one for all of July. Actor Seamon Glass has died. He appeared in Sleeper as a guard. He told Classic TV History: I had an on-camera fight with Woody Allen. Sleeper is where he wakes […]
In what is fast becoming a yearly tradition, Woody Allen’s new film is gracing the Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival. Café Society, the new film written and directed by Allen, joins the prestigious line up, taking the opening night slot. The festival runs from the 16th-30th August 2016. Café Society will premiere on the […]
Café Society, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out now in selected US cinemas. It has been open for a little over a week, with a strong week 1 and weekend 2 result. The film has earned $1,377,379 in the US. It was the 17th highest grossing film in the US […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – an irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Hannah And Her Sisters is one of Allen’s most beloved films – and it celebrates 30 years this year. However, it doesn’t seem like there is one particular song that characterises the film. But […]
Café Society, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out now in France and set for a limited US release on 15th July. More details continue to roll in for other countries. We now have details of Spain and another special screening in the US. Spain is a country that loves Allen’s […]
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, […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A new 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! Stardust Memories was derided when it first appeared in 1980. The story of a director reacting […]
Café Society is the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen. It is due to open in just over a month at the Cannes Film Festival, and will be released by Amazon in the US. We are now starting to get details on other countries – the first being confirmations on Australian, Argentinian and […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A new 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! Manhattan is Woody Allen’s masterpiece. From a technical point, the film is shot beautifully, scored beautiful, […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A new 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! Woody Allen is often praised for his ability to write women, but he should get the […]
The Writers Guild Of America recently polled their members for the funniest screenplay, a list that was topped by Annie Hall. Seven of Allen’s films made the list, and the WGA sat down with Allen to discuss the list, but instead they talked about the craft of screenwriting, with Allen giving real insight into his […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 82nd edition! Diane Keaton is starring in the new film ‘Love The Coopers‘. To promote it, she is on the cover of AARP magazine. It is a wonderful long yarn about her whole career, and into some […]
Woody Allen is 80! Apparently he didn’t celebrate but many others did on their behalf. Here’s a quick wrap of various articles, lists and tweets. Esquire revisited Allen’s appearances in their magazine over the years. They also compiled all the times they had Allen on the cover as well as looking at how Allen has […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Jan Wallman has died. Wallman was a club owner in Greenwich Village, and looked after venues where Woody Allen got his start. Others who played in Wallman’s early clubs were Joan Rivers and Barbara Streisand. The New York Times obit […]
Production on Woody Allen’s 2016 film continues. At almost two months, this will be one of the longest production periods ever for Allen, in his decades long career. Today we have stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart filming very publicly in Central Park. Eisenberg and Stewart were spotted in Central Park sharing a kiss, drinking […]
Production on the 2016 film written and directed by Woody Allen continues to plow on. Kristen Stewart was spotted on busy 7th Avenue in the heart of Manhattan. We also got a pic from one of our readers of Allen in Nyack. No pics in costume but Stewart was spotted arriving on set on 7th […]
Another small snippet from the 2016 film written and directed by Woody Allen to round out the week. A scene was shot in Gramercy with Jesse Eisenberg, Tom Kemp joins his third Allen film and other tidbits. First, that shoot with Eisenberg. It was filmed on 326, 18th Street in the Gramercy area of New […]
Woody Allen is currently in New York, directing his 2016 Film. There have not been any big public sightings in the last few days, but lots of bits and pieces that we have collected together. We definitely know there was a big nightclub scene shot. Stephane Celerier, the chairman of Woody Allen’s French film distributor […]
Every…In Woody Allen’s Films – a new series exploring the patterns that emerge in Allen’s long, long film career. We’ve been toying with this series for a while, and we were not going to start with this one. But in light of Bruce Willis‘ sudden departure from Woody Allen’s 2016 Film, we thought it was […]