American Apparel Settles with Woody Allen
The scuffle between Woody Allen and American Apparel CEO Dov Charney hasn't come to blows. Although the director extraordinaire was livid with Charney for using an unauthorized image from the film Annie Hall of Allen dressed as a Hasidic Jew, he has accepted a $5 million settlement from the CEO. ... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsTribeca Film Fest line-up includes Allen and Soderbergh
A streamlined line-up for the Tribeca Film Festival was announced this week, headlined by movies from... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSlumdog Millionaire starlet works with Woody Allen next
Freida Pinto will follow up her performance in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire with a part in Woody Allen's next film. The movie is currently only listed as Woody Allen's Untitled London Project, but Pinto will join the likes of Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins for filming.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsHe Adored New York City: Woody Allen's 10 Finest Films
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work...I want to achieve it through not dying." — Woody AllenLove him or hate him, Woody Allen is the most prolific filmmaker of our time. Vicky Cristina Barcelona—released on DVD today amidst Oscar buzz for its star Penélope Cruz and a Golden Globe win for best musical/comedy—is his 39th feature film, an astronomical figure. Inevitably, not all of those 39 are completely original or entirely worthwhile, but that oft-recurring phrase “Woody Allen’s comeback film” should be retired for good. That phrase was placed on 1999’s Sweet and Lowdown, 2005’s Match Point... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPretenders in Chief: Paste Casts the Presidents
When we learned Josh Brolin would be playing George W. Bush... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesBallast, The Visitor, Synecdoche earn Gotham nominations
It is but the middle of October and we already have our first set of 2008 film-award nominations. The Gotham Independent Film Awards announced its yearly list of nominees, shining the spotlight on a number of smaller films sure to factor into the Oscar equation later this year.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsWoody Allen unleashes hilarious Vicky Cristina diary
Vicky Cristina Barcelona has been garnering a lot of (deservedly) positive reviews, and writer/director Woody Allen... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsVicky Cristina Barcelona
In his most delightful subversion yet, septuagenarian... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsWoody is angry: American auteur sues American Apparel
American Apparel, those purveyors of so many solid-colored, jersey-knit garments, have managed to anger the king of the neurotic comedy. Woody Allen filed a lawsuit Monday against the clothing line for using an image of him dressed as a rabbi from his film Annie Hall in an ad, asserting that he had given no permission for the usage. The billboard sports a still from the movie, accompanied by the Yiddish for "the holy rebbe" and the American Apparel logo. The Associated Press reports Allen wants at least $10 million in compensatory damages and unspecified punitive damages for the the unauthorized... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLarry David to star in Woody Allen's next feature
Have you ever exited a Woody Allen movie thinking, "Sure, that was neurotic, but was it really neurotic enough?" Apparently Allen has, as the director has cast Larry David as the lead in his next feature film. David is best known as writer/creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfield, in the former of which he portrays a comic persona that bears more than a little resemblance to Allen's. David actually worked with Allen previously on Radio Days and Oedipus Wrecks (Allen's third installment of New York Stories), but both roles were extremely minor. One fortunate effect of this casting... read more
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