Woody Allen News

Like the weather in much of Canada, if you find yourself not liking the indie anthology New York, I Love You, wait a few minutes.

Woody Allen has cast France's first lady Carla Bruni in his next film, but don't expect her to earn the same screen time as Allen's past muses: Mia Farrow, Diane Keaton and Scarlet Johansson.

"Almost, Maine": Odd-but-charming series of linked vignettes about love, nicely staged by director Donald Frame and his gifted cast.

A shower curtain ring salesman ruining a trip to Chicago; a single mom visiting her dysfunctional family in Chicago; and the lives of three sisters between two Thanksgivings in New York are included in three highly recommended drama-comedy films to watch on Thanksgiving holiday.

France's first lady has agreed to be in a Woody Allen film. She's such an obvious choice, we should have predicted it Carla Bruni is the classic unattainable woman from a golden-age Woody Allen film.

Genre: Black-Comedy Parable Directed by: Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff, Alan Mandell At the end of Love and Death Woody Allen concludes that if God exists, while he may not be evil, he could be termed an underachiever.

The University of North Alabama Library 's Collier Library has announced the acquisition of film scripts, photographs, DVD's. interview recordings, and other personal papers from famed motion picture actor Claude Rains .

"It's A Wonderful Life," showing Dec. 19, is for all ages. Allison Brophy Champion, , 825-0771 ext.

Gordon Willis Showcase Harvard Film Archive Pennies from Heaven, The Parallax View, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Landlord Through November 30 Last night, Bostonist had the pleasure of watching the Woody Allen classic Manhattan open up the HFA's Gordon Willis series, featuring Willis live and in person.

The Robinson Film Center's seated-dinner-and-a-movie event, called Cinema Bistro, returns Wednesday with a showing of Woody Allen's 'Annie Hall.' The 1977 classic new York romance, an Academy Award winner for best picture, also stars Diane Keaton, Shelley Duvall and Paul Simon.

Being Jewish on Christmas isn't nearly as bad as you think. Christmas in the U.S. is so secularized that most of our cultural associations with yuletide cheer have far more to do with embarrassing sweaters, pine trees and reindeer than with the birth of Jesus Christ .

NOTE : This article compares Woody Allen's 1983 mockumentary, Zelig, and author Amy Hempel's short story "The Harvest" When the following article cites a quote or idea in "The Harvest" the parenthetical citation is .

Burly, bearded Zac Brown and his band play Sunset Cove Amphitheatre on Saturday .

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Cinematographer Gordon Willis has an impressive resume. He's the creative eye behind eight of Woody Allen's most iconic films , to say nothing of the Godfather trilogy and All The President's Men.

Howard Kissel writes the Sunday "Cultural Tourist" column and does reviews of art and classical music.

Cool Site of the Week: The art of bonsai project . It's an effort by bonsai enthusiasts to inspire others through these photo galleries to take up bonsaiing as a hobby.

As it turns out, the surrealistic "Cold Souls" - the latest installment of the Visalia Independent Film Series - did originate as a dream, one that writer/director Sophie Barthes had after watching Woody Allen's futuristic comedy "Sleeper" . Paul Giamatti stars as an actor - also named Paul Giamatti - and his sad-eyed expression is an ideal match ...

A weird mixture of the standard Ken Loach film with standard Hollywood fare . Where Woody Allen had a Bogart simulacrum do this in Play It Again, Sam, postman Steve Evets has his football hero, Eric Cantona.

If you're into classic stop-motion cheese , The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is a must on Saturday for the terrific Ray Harryhausen effects, but of course check your brain at the door.