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Woody Allen has a new film out in the US. It’s called Rifkin’s Festival and it’s in select cinemas and VOD. Allen has never been one to do interviews, but he’s really taken to doing podcasts in recent years. Taken to in the sense that he went from zero to one or two a year. […]
5 Films (And A TV Show)… A 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! Allen has said himself that Alice is the humorous flip side to Another Woman. Our titular heroine […]
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 […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Aubrey Morris has died, aged 89. In his five decade career he in appeared in many films and onstage, including a memorable role in ‘A Clockwork Orange‘ and ‘The Wicker Man‘. He also appeared as a soldier in Love And […]
News bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen news from around the web! We started last year, and looks like we will every year, by wishing Diane Keaton a happy birthday for 5th January. Will McCrabb always posts great, unseen pics, and posted two great ones of Keaton. As good a way as […]
Nominations are coming in thick and fast for Cate Blanchett, as award season kicks into high gear. In the last two days, she has been nominated for two major Awards – The Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild. Her Blue Jasmine co-star Sally Hawkins was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Blanchett was also […]
News bits: our twice monthly update of Woody Allen bits from around the web… Jennifer Tilly spoke to Mark Thompson on The Edge recently. The podcast features clips from Bullets Over Broadway, and Tilly speaks about Allen and her experience making the film. Starts at about 2:53. Interestingly, she reveals that the part of Olive […]
The Emmy Award nominations were announced. Congrats the following Woody Allen alumni: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (Deconstructing Harry) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (Alice, To Rome With Love, Blue Jasmine) Louis C.K., Louie (‘Blue Jasmine‘) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Mayim […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits around the web. We were sad to hear of the passing of James Gandolfini this month. We loved him in ‘The Sopranos‘ and dozens of film roles. Amongst our faves – his starring role in John Turturro‘s ‘Romance And Cigarettes‘, his vulnerable voice performance in Spike […]
Over a year since its premiere in Italy last April, To Rome With Love, Woody Allen’s 42nd film as writer/director, opens in Japan this week. It’s not atypical for Japan to get such a late release – Midnight In Paris premiered in June 2011, but opened in Japan in May 2012. It is likely Japan […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits around the web. ‘Scrubs‘ star Zach Braff has been in the news, thanks to a conversation he had with Woody Allen. Braff (who had a small role in Manhattan Murder Mystery) has been using Kickstarter to raise funds for a new film. In an interview on […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen news bits from around the web. Greta Gerwig is on the cover of the new issue of The Village Voice. She is out promoting ‘Frances Ha‘, directed by Noah Baumbach, and has plenty of Woody Allen overtones. Gerwig starred in To Rome With Love last year, and […]
Our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Greta Gerwig, who starred in To Rome With Love, has been talking Woody Allen again. She’s out promoting ‘Lola Versus‘, and told Style.com about working with Allen. Being chosen by Woody Allen, it’s like being chosen by God! She also evoked Allen […]
Following on from the European release dates, Cinemablend have the scoop on the US To Rome With Love DVD and Blu-Ray release. It will also be the first time – ever – any significant special features will be included with a Woody Allen home release. The US release for ‘To Rome With Love‘ will be January […]
This week’s video of the week was retweeted by Hopscotch Films this week to celebrate the release of To Rome With Love in Australia. It’s the cast of ‘To Rome With Love‘ – Ellen Page, Penélope Cruz, Greta Gerwig, Alec Baldwin – and Woody Allen’s sister and producer, Letty Aronson, on the PBS show ‘Charlie […]
Woody Allen returns to Europe and returns to acting in his 41st directed feature film. To Rome With Love has a lot to live up to, after the unexpected sucess of Midnight In Paris. However, the two films have almost nothing in common. ‘To Rome With Love‘ is Woody Allen’s most comical farce – his […]
To Rome With Love, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, is released in Australia on October 18th. It’s Woody Allen’s most blatantly funny film in years – we loved it. ‘To Rome With Love‘ tells 4 different but related stories set in the eternal city, and brings all the romance and beauty to […]
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 […]
Woody Allen’s latest film, To Rome In Love, had its US premiere this week at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival (L.A.F.F.). Woody Allen, as well as some of his co-stars, were in attendance. Allen introduced the first screening at the Regal Theatre in LA. He was joined by some of the female members of […]