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Rifkin’s Festival – the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen – continues its slow roll out around the world. The latest is Argentina, where it opens on 20 January 2022. To mark the release Allen did a new interview and he talked candidly about the film and some upcoming projects. Allen spoke to […]
Woody Allen is not afraid to cast unknown actors in significant roles – usually over more established names. One of the earliest examples of this was Broadway Danny Rose. Allen and his long time casting directing Juliet Taylor found Nick Apollo Forte and put him in a lead role. His family has now said that […]
Woody Allen’s 2018 Film has a title – A Rainy Day In New York. Allen has confirmed the story’s title in a new interview in the Inquirer. Says Allen, talking about his recent projects: This year, it was a film with the title ‘A Rainy Day in New York.’ This story and title was considered […]
It seems that Juliet Taylor, Woody Allen’s long serving casting director, has retired. She worked on 43 films of Allen’s, the longest collaboration for Allen, in a career full of long collaborations. News comes as she is not credited for Wonder Wheel, and her name is not in the newly released poster. She also didn’t […]
It’s a new year, and the awards season is off. Café Society isn’t going to an awards triumph like other Allen films recently, but has picked up three nominations. Two of those nods were to two of Allen’s longest collaborators. Cafe Society picked up a nomination at the Art Director’s Guild Awards. Production Designer Santo […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – an irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Over four decades of film making, there’s been plenty of talented people who have passed through Allen’s films who, for whatever reason, didn’t fulfil their acting promise. There’s probably no more dramatic example than […]
It’s video time. Our fifth video essay is about Woody Allen’s fifth film – Love And Death. Made in 1975, it was Allen’s goodbye to his early slapstick comedies, and hints at the depth of the career to come. In our video, we look at: The book that Allen released in the same year The […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 90th edition! Juliet Taylor has been working with Woody Allen for over 40 years. She assisted her old boss Marion Dougherty in casting Woody Allen’s Bananas (1971), and took over completely by Love And Death (1975). She […]
Production has wrapped on Woody Allen’s 2016 film. Which is a good time to wrap up everything we know about the film so far. This is a mix of things that have been announced, things we learn during production and a little bit of guess work. This is the second part. Find the first part […]
A new interview with Woody Allen has been published in Argentinian magazine La Nacion. The interview is to coincide with the release of Irrational Man there. However, Allen makes a number of new points about his upcoming projects that worth highlighting. (Quotes were pushed through good old Google Translate) On choosing the leads for ‘Irrational Man‘. […]
We’ve heard from Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone in recent days, and now new interviews have run with the third star of Irrational Man, Parker Posey. Speaking in the lead up to the film’s UK release, she spoke about Allen and the making of the film with two UK publications. She told Dazed how she […]
This week sees production begin on Woody Allen’s 2016 Film. It will be his 46th feature film. Production begins in Los Angeles and will move to New York in mid September, continuing through October. Here’s what we know. The film is set in 1935(ish). It will be about a Jewish family, perhaps a couple. There […]
Irrational Man, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is out now in selected cities. As usual, Woody Allen himself has done a number of interviews. We’ve collected some of the best comments. The biggest interview feature comes from the Chicago Sun Times. Allen spoke about a wide range of topics with Richard […]
Irrational Man is the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, and yesterday it had its worldwide premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. We have videos and photos of the stars walking the red carpet, as well as video of the full press conference. Following the press screening and press in the morning, the […]
The 2015 Cannes Film Festival has kicked off and Irrational Man, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen will get its world premiere tomorrow. But before that, we have our first clip, a new interview with Allen The clip is short and features Joaquín Phoenix and Parker Posey. All we get from it […]
Parker Posey is one of the small headline cast in Irrational Man, the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen. She was the recent guest on the Marc Maron podcast WTF, and at the end of the interview she discussed how she got the part, and other tidbits about the upcoming film. You can […]
The New York Observer has published one of the best new interviews with Woody Allen. The in depth profile coincides with the release of Magic In The Moonlight, the new film written and directed by Allen. We will wrap up all the press bits, but we wanted to highlight this lovely feature. Written by Roger […]
In a clear sign that Magic In The Moonlight has definitely not been forgotten about, an ad ran in the weekend New York Times. The ad features, typically, almost no additional details – but we do find out a little about the crew. We have a couple of pics from social media: http://instagram.com/p/niZbOCjjku/ .@sonyclassics marketing […]
Why didn’t it happen earlier? Woody Allen and Paris are a perfect match. For the first time in a long time, Allen puts his hard cynicism aside and he is actually having fun for 90 odd minutes. Helped by an excellent cast, Midnight In Paris is a perfect Woody Allen film. Owen Wilson stars as […]
The December issue of UK Harper’s Bazaar features Cate Blanchett on the cover. Inside, the Blue Jasmine star interviews her director – Woody Allen. The interview appears on Harper’s Bazaar website and covers a wide range of topics, and are full of revelations. There’s also a new photo shoot with Allen and Blanchett together. Some […]