Sophie Lellouche‘s debut film, Paris Manhattan, opens in the UK November 1 at the UK Jewish Film Festival. The film is a romantic comedy set in Paris, about a woman who is a big Woody Allen fan. A photo of Woody is used in the French poster and Allen himself makes a cameo in the […]
Sleeper & Hannah And Her Sisters Blu-Ray Released Jan 15th
Sleeper and Hannah & Her Sisters are the latest Woody Allen films to be announced for release on Blu Ray. The US release date is January 15th, with other territories to follow. Both titles are available to pre-order on Amazon right now. Woody Allen’s film deals have been very scattered, jumping from studio to studio. […]
Totalfilm Lists 50 Greatest Woody Allen Characters
The wonderful film magazine/blog TotalFilm make great lists. Their latest list is very dear to our hearts. They’ve picked and listed the 50 Greatest Woody Allen Characters. It’s the first such poll we’ve seen. There’s plenty of lists of greatest Woody Allen films, but to focus on characters is very clever and refreshing. The full […]
John Turturro Discusses Woody Allen And ‘Fading Gigolo’ At TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival (commonly called TIFF), is happening right now, and runs for another week. It’s one of the world’s biggest a best film festivals, where many films are bought and sold. One of those is writer, actor and director John Turturro, whose next film features Woody Allen. John Turturro has been doing […]
August News Bits 2: NY Subway Tickets, Zelig, Emily Mortimer, The Newsroom, Dick Hyman, 1965 Resume, Annie Hall Edited, Robert Crumb
News Bits from around the web. Usually monthly but with so much going on, we had to do two this month! Artist Nina Boesch has paid tribute to some of the New York City’s icon with a part of New York itself. She has taken thousands of New York subway tickets and created new portraits […]
Crimes And Misdemeanors, Manhattan Declared Allen’s Best by Sight & Sound Director’s Poll
UK film magazine Sight & Sound has revealed the final part of their 2012 poll, by revealing all the votes from the hundreds of directors polled. They previously released the entire voting from critics – where Annie Hall was the highest voted Woody Allen film. The Director’s poll has two films tied for first place […]
Annie Hall Declared Allen’s Best by Sight & Sound Critic’s Poll
Sight & Sound revealed the a number of lists last week – Greatest Films as voted by critics and by directors. No Woody Allen films made the critic’s 50, or the director’s 10. But Sight & Sound has now published the voting from all 800+ critics. A number of Woody Allen films have made the […]
Three New Box Sets Released In Australia This Week
Three new DVD Box Sets will be released on 25th July in Australia. These great value collections contains some of the very best works by Woody Allen – the films on which his reputation lies. Woody Allen Collection – Volume 1 Collects Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid To […]
Woody Allen Joins Cast Of John Turturro’s ‘Fading Gigolo’
Woody Allen will be starring in Fading Gigolo, the new film from actor, writer and director John Turturro. Production is scheduled to begin in October for a 2013 release, according to Deadline. Synopsis according to IMDB: A cash-strapped guy (Turturro) decides to become a gigolo as a way of making some money. With his best […]
New UK DVD Box Sets And ‘A Documentary’ Pre-Order
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 […]