Woody Allen News

This trifling indie comedy's opening credits, with an old-fashioned piano song and their white text on a black background, feel like they're meant to evoke a Woody Allen movie-it's even set in New York, though you could hardly tell.

Whenever I think of eating lobster I think of that hot scene in Flashdance when Jennifer Beals starts sucking on a claw while playing footsies with Michael Nouri's special bits under the table at a fancy restaurant... please disregard the 1980s choice of hosiery! Whenever I think of eating lobster I think of that hot scene in Flashdance when ... (more)

In the title role of Frances Ha , Greta Gerwig plays a 27-year-old dancer who is broke, jobless and, by her own estimation, "undateable."

Chances are, when you visualise New York City, what you're really seeing is a freeze-frame from one of the many movies that have made it a cinematic icon.

A documentary celebrating the eccentric master of fish flies, Megan Boyd; how Mamma Mia! star Dominic Cooper got a taste for real ale; and Woody Allen steps out from behind the camera Drinking it in: Dominic Cooper, left, and Dan Stevens in Summer in February, shot on location in Cornwall, and a rather nice pub.

In the 1960's, wealthy Texas siren Candy Mossler became lovers with her nephew, Mel Powers, whom she eventually married.

The city's Economic Development Corp. next summer will add a sleek new version of the old Thunderbolt - one that's faster, taller and smoother than the legendary Cyclone - a few blocks down the boardwalk.

Accompany a Woody Allen fan to Coney Island and they'll probably start talking about the Thunderbolt , the wooden roller coaster that stood east of the current MCU Park until the city tore it down in 2000 , and which roared over Allen's fictional childhood home .

Woody Allen has turned his back on comedy again for his new film Blue Jasmine, which stars Cate Blanchett as a pampered wife who loses it all Woody Allen has never been liberal with his advance plot details, so trailers always put a bit of flesh on his moviemaking bones.

If you are looking for a quintessential New York Woody Allen movie, head to The Museum of Modern Art for a screening of his film "Whatever Works."

'Frances Ha' stars indie darling Greta Gerwig . She also co-wrote the screenplay with her boyfriend/director Noah Baumbach .

After his comeback with the surreal and funny Midnight in Paris , Woody Allen fell back down to Earth with last year's To Rome with Love .

Woody Allen 's 1979 comedy Manhattan might represent a bygone era when a movie could feature a 43-year-old lead dating a 17-year-old high school student without raising eyebrows.

Woody Allen may be a national treasure, and his movies come and go every summer as regularly as the Perseid meteor shower.

Woody Allen. This famous funny man got his start at the tender age of 15, writing jokes for a local paper for $200 a week.

Frances is 27 and decidedly does not have her shit together. She bounces from job to job and apartment to apartment, barely scraping by while trying to make it as a dancer.

The Hollywood heavyweight returns with a family farce this week. Here's a look at some of her most memorable on-screen moments.

While Woody Allen has no problem finding funding for his projects, the acclaimed director did have trouble understanding the newest way a filmmaker can get a project moving - crowdfunding.

Following two of the most acerbic films of his career, Frances Ha is like a breath of fresh air for director Noah Baumbach.

It's summer again, which means it's time for another Woody Allen film. The director has been churning out a new original film every single year for a long time now, and this year is no exception.