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It’s Thanksgiving weekend in the states, which is no better time for us to release our latest video essay. We are up to Allen’s 14th film, the much loved Hannah And Her Sisters, considered one of the great Thanksgiving films. The film also celebrates 30 years this year. The film has a big sprawling cast, […]
We don’t usually cover paparazzi stuff, but this is kind of a work trip. Woody Allen and his long time wife Soon-Yi Previn have been spotted around Venice. The pair are there in the lead up to Allen’s latest film Café Society‘s premiere at the 73rd Venice Film Festival. Photos from Daily Mail. Café Society […]
‘Woody Allen Film By Film‘ is a fantastic new book from UK film critic Jason Solomons. It is a comprehensive look at Allen’s film career – spanning all the films he wrote and directed, and taking us all the way up to date to this year’s Irrational Man. Solomons was one of the first people on […]
Woody Allen makes another crowd pleaser – one that taps into the unbridled joy of MGM musicals, mixed with his modern New York. With a huge ensemble cast, a rush of small stories, and a beautiful European detour – it hints at the kind of escapist romantic films that Allen would make in Europe. But […]
Don’t Drink The Water is sometimes left off some lists of Woody Allen films because of one reason – it was made for TV. And in many ways it looks like it, with a clearly reduced budget. It’s also not a new script – it’s a Woody Allen play from 1966 newly adapted for the […]
After his longest run (yet) of intense dramas, Allen returns to something that is brightly comedic with Mahattan Murder Mystery. It’s a much needed breath of fresh air, coming from all the tabloid dramas that surrounded Husbands And Wives. And in a crowd pleasing move, it reunited Allen with Diane Keaton for the first time […]
This is one of Allen’s best films. It’s his 21st film as a writer/director, and it shows him at his most energetic, creative and vital, even though the subject matter is extremely bleak. The film, the examination of modern marriage, was released at the same time his relationship with Farrow ended, and it’s tough to […]