Features
Monday, January 23 2012
The 40 Best Films of 2011
2011 was a year of good, not necessarily great, films, though the amazing choices by our staff might argue against such a overall cinematic classification.
Tuesday, January 17 2012
The Best Female Film Performances of 2011
It was a monumental year for women in film as our selections for 2011's best female performances indicate... over and over and over again.
Thursday, October 20 2011
For Whom the Buzz Stolls: An Interview with Midnight in Paris' Corey Stoll
Actor Corey Stoll breezed in to steal Midnight in Paris out from under his co-stars and now, headed into awards season, his memorable characterization of legend Ernest Hemingway in Woody Allen's most successful film to date feels decidedly poised to enter the Supporting Actor race.
Tuesday, August 2 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 1: Chantal Akerman - Bernardo Bertolucci
Neurotic New Yorkers, Queer Mavericks, Swedish close-ups and the art of putting a microphone on every person on set are but a few of the themes explored in PopMatters' first group of ten essential directors, Chantal Akerman through Bernardo Bertolucci. Please note that any perceived omissions were likely on purpose...
Tuesday, May 17 2011
You Only Go Around Once: Death and Nostalgia in the Films of Woody Allen
On the eve of the release of Woody Allen's newest film Midnight in Paris, opening May 20 in limited release, PopMatters examines the director's fondness for deftly employing nostalgia as a cinematic language throughout his career.
Reviews
Friday, May 20 2011
'Midnight in Paris': Prufrock's My Mantra!
Being in a Woody Allen movie, Carla Bruni is at once an French fantasy and a joke about that fantasy.
Wednesday, February 23 2011
Even the Best Laid Plans... 'You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'
Woody Allen's characters struggle alone, searching aimlessly for that saving grace that makes it all worthwhile. Amidst all the despair, a bit of hope glimmers.
Wednesday, September 22 2010
'You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger' Is a Woody Allen Re-Run
Beware the film that opens with a quotation from Shakespeare.
Friday, June 19 2009
Whatever Works
Whatever Works, a reported reworking of a 30-year-old script, is overtly old.
Friday, August 15 2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Maria Elena (Penélope Cruz) is the figure least obviously dictated by the Woody Allen template. And for that, you are eternally grateful.
Blogs
Tuesday, August 2 2011
100 Essential Directors - Woody Allen
100 Essential Directors celebrates directors of distinct vision, who have honed their respective crafts, who have brought something new and exciting to the medium, and who continue to push the boundaries of the form.
Friday, May 20 2011
Let the Golden Age Begin: Woody Allen's Parisian Affair
Allen's Midnight in Paris redefines the traditional summer film, and redefines the auteur yet again...but don't call it a comeback!
Monday, June 21 2010
Once You Go Geek...: She's Out of My League
When it comes to comedy's current cyclical nature, the dork is the new dreamboat, while the good looking loser is the lynchpin for every possible punchline.
Friday, June 12 2009
Whatever Works dir. Woody Allen (video clips)
Whatever Works Director: Woody Allen Cast: Larry David, Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Evan Rachel Wood Opening: 19 June 2009 Distributor:…
Saturday, May 9 2009
"Whatever Works" directed by Woody Allen (stills / trailer)
Whatever Works Director: Woody Allen Cast: Larry David, Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Evan Rachel Wood Opening: 19 June 2009 Distributor:…
News
Tuesday, January 10 2012
Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese receive nominations for DGA Award
LOS ANGELES — There’s only one newcomer to the feature film nominees announced Monday for the 64th annual DGA Awards: Michel Hazanavicius for “The Artist.”…
Tuesday, November 8 2011
Woody Allen is the (reluctant) subject of two-part PBS documentary
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Writer-filmmaker Woody Allen may be a private kind of a guy, but when it comes to deconstructing Woody, everybody’s eager to…
Thursday, August 4 2011
TCA 2011: Woody Allen finally lets down his guard for PBS
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Woody Allen is one of America's most well-known and distinctive filmmakers, but he is also intensely elusive, a filmmaker who is…
Thursday, July 14 2011
Woody Allen again opts to film movie in Europe
Woody Allen, the Brooklyn-born director who defined New York for filmgoers with such hits as "Bullets Over Broadway" and "Annie Hall," is once again choosing…
Thursday, May 12 2011
Cannes Film Festival opening all about Woody Allen
CANNES, France — The world's premier film festival has commenced, and the late 1960s Jerry Schatzberg photograph of Faye Dunaway at the center of this…
