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Alec Baldwin has posted a podcast interview with Woody Allen. It’s his first podcast interview for many years, and part of Baldwin’s regular Here’s The Thing. The wide ranging podcast has Allen discussing filmmaking, his new book Apropos Of Nothing, and yes, those allegations. Baldwin and Allen are, of course, no strangers. Baldwin has worked […]
Woody Allen turns 80 on 1st December 2015. 80 years is a remarkable milestone. We thought about doing something big to celebrate. But Allen has grumbled all year about this day – and how it is like any other, how he will not be making a big deal of it, how there is no meaning […]
There’s always a problem with writing books about Woody Allen – he’s bound to make your work out of date. Now we have ‘Woody: The Biography‘, a new profile on Allen that brings us up to date. In fact, there probably has not been a career long overview since Eric Lax‘s ‘Conversations With Woody Allen‘ […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Larry Brezner has died. Brezner was a manager and producer of many films, and he also worked with Woody Allen’s longtime managers Jack Rollins and Charles Joffe. Brezner was instrumental in the careers of Billy Crystal and Robin Williams (who […]
Jack Rollins, Woody Allen’s manager for over 50 years, passed away this week. It was extremely sad news. His name still graces every Woody Allen film to date. We now have details on the memorial service, for anyone who wishes to attend. It will be: Wednesday 24th June, 4pm Riverside Memorial Chapel 180 W 76th […]
Jack Rollins, the man who has nurtured and shepherded the career of Woody Allen from almost the beginning, has died. Rollins passed from natural causes in his New York home. For most of his long career, Rollins was partnered with Charles H. Joffe. Together the pair managed the careers, or discovered, of some of the […]
Woody Allen’s legendary manager Jack Rollins has turned 100. A very special party was held in his honour, and the Hollywood Reporter has some details. Allen, along with many others, were in attendance. Rollins has been managing Allen’s career pretty much from the beginning, and was later joined by Charles Joffe. Even to this day, […]
A new compilation of Woody Allen’s stand-up is released next week. Called The Stand-Up Years 1964-1968, it collects the three stand-up albums Allen released in the 60s, with some new bonus features courtesy of Robert Weide, director of Woody Allen A Documentary. We have a new interview with Weide as well as the first review […]
Fakes be damned! We finally have the poster for Magic In the Moonlight, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. Moviefone has the exclusive, and we have to say it is wonderful. Stars Colin Firth and Emma Stone in period dress is up front. They have been rendered in a bit of a […]
News bits. Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Legendary composer Philip Glass are one of the very few people who have created an original score for a Woody Allen film. Famous for his use of jazz, Glass was comissioned to write the score for Cassandra’s Dream. In a […]
This year was a great Oscars, with so many great films getting the spotlight. We covered Woody Allen’s only appearance at the awards in our previous video of the week, and we continue to look at Allen at the Oscars this week. His best year was 1978, the 50th Academy Awards ceremony, and the film […]
We have seen some great large, sprawling biographies of great musicans. Be it Scorcese‘s Bob Dylan documentary No Direction Home, Peter Bogdonavich‘s Tom Petty documentary Runnin’ Down A Dream and of course, the Beatles Anthology. In film, there was the wonderful Monty Python documentary Almost The Truth. They are fan bait, taking the time to […]