Film Review: The Family Stone (2005)
byChristmas can often be about family, although not necessarily one’s own family. Christmas is often about meeting the in-laws for the first time. The…
Diane Keaton
Wednesdays With Woody: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
byThere’s a scene halfway through Vicky Cristina Barcelona where the narrator elaborates on the thoughts of the American Christina while spending time in Barcelona:…
Wednesdays with Woody: Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
byManhattan Murder Mystery opens with Bobby Short singing Cole Porter’s “I happen to love New York” over the opening credits and adjoining snapshots of the…
SFF Film Review : Woody Allen A Documentary (2012)
byWhen I first glanced the Sydney Film Festival program, this got my heart pounding. Any serious Woody Allen fan can be in agony sometimes…
Wednesdays with Woody: Manhattan (1979)
byMany have named Manhattan Woody Allen’s greatest film; some, the greatest film of all time. Allen himself was reportedly so disappointed with it that…
Wednesdays With Woody: Interiors (1978)
byInteriors holds the distinction of being Woody Allen’s first entirely dramatic work, and while he has explored more serious subject matter in other parts…
Wednesdays with Woody: Annie Hall (1977)
byOften regarded as the original contemporary romantic comedy, Woody Allen’s Annie Hall has endured to be one of the most popular and critically acclaimed…
Wednesdays With Woody: Love And Death (1975)
byWoody Allen and Diane Keaton teamed up again for this follow up to 1973’s Sleeper, respectively starring as Russian peasants Boris and Sonja, set…
Wednesdays with Woody: Sleeper (1973)
byIn Sleeper, Woody Allen plays Miles Monroe, a Brooklyn health food shop owner who goes into hospital for a routine operation in 1973, and…
Wednesdays with Woody: Bananas (1971)
byMade in 1971, Bananas continues the early screen attempts of Woody Allen as writer/director/star. Basically consisting of comedic sketches (like most of his early…