By Abe Friedtanzer
It’s easy to forget just how formidable Woody Allen’s Oscar history is. Not only is he the most-nominated screenwriter, with sixteen bids, he’s also tied for fourth place in the directing category with seven. He won three prizes for Best Original Screenplay, for the three films that earned Best Picture nominations: Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, and Midnight in Paris. Annie Hall of course won the top prize for 1977.
Allen has made nearly fifty films, and by my count, I’ve seen a third of those. A good portion of them are from the last two decades, which is hardly considered his golden period. Of his contemporary pictures, I was most wowed by Match Point, which was a dramatic departure from his typical tone as well as a geographical departure from his beloved New York City. But his most recent, Wonder Wheel, was...
It’s easy to forget just how formidable Woody Allen’s Oscar history is. Not only is he the most-nominated screenwriter, with sixteen bids, he’s also tied for fourth place in the directing category with seven. He won three prizes for Best Original Screenplay, for the three films that earned Best Picture nominations: Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, and Midnight in Paris. Annie Hall of course won the top prize for 1977.
Allen has made nearly fifty films, and by my count, I’ve seen a third of those. A good portion of them are from the last two decades, which is hardly considered his golden period. Of his contemporary pictures, I was most wowed by Match Point, which was a dramatic departure from his typical tone as well as a geographical departure from his beloved New York City. But his most recent, Wonder Wheel, was...
- 10/7/2020
- by Abe Friedtanzer
- FilmExperience
Harry Clein, 82, co-founder of Hollywood PR agencies Clein + Feldman and Clein + White, died June 18 in Atlanta. He suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.
I first met Clein in Manhattan in 1978 when I worked in the United Artists publicity bullpen at 729 Seventh Ave. He represented Alan J. Pakula on the western “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan and Jane Fonda. He admired my Annie Hall vests and fedoras; we bonded over his encyclopedic knowledge of film and Broadway musicals, and remained friends as he founded bicoastal press agency Clein + Feldman in 1981 with Bruce Feldman. Their first client, Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice,” won Meryl Streep her second acting Oscar.
When I first moved to Los Angeles as the West Coast Editor of Film Comment, Clein + Feldman hired me to be the unit publicist on what would turn out to be Sam Peckinpah’s last movie, “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), starring Rutger Hauer, Dennis Hopper,...
I first met Clein in Manhattan in 1978 when I worked in the United Artists publicity bullpen at 729 Seventh Ave. He represented Alan J. Pakula on the western “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan and Jane Fonda. He admired my Annie Hall vests and fedoras; we bonded over his encyclopedic knowledge of film and Broadway musicals, and remained friends as he founded bicoastal press agency Clein + Feldman in 1981 with Bruce Feldman. Their first client, Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice,” won Meryl Streep her second acting Oscar.
When I first moved to Los Angeles as the West Coast Editor of Film Comment, Clein + Feldman hired me to be the unit publicist on what would turn out to be Sam Peckinpah’s last movie, “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), starring Rutger Hauer, Dennis Hopper,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Harry Clein, 82, co-founder of Hollywood PR agencies Clein + Feldman and Clein + White, died June 18 in Atlanta. He suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.
I first met Clein in Manhattan in 1978 when I worked in the United Artists publicity bullpen at 729 Seventh Ave. He represented Alan J. Pakula on the western “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan and Jane Fonda. He admired my Annie Hall vests and fedoras; we bonded over his encyclopedic knowledge of film and Broadway musicals, and remained friends as he founded bicoastal press agency Clein + Feldman in 1981 with Bruce Feldman. Their first client, Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice,” won Meryl Streep her second Best Actress Oscar.
When I first moved to Los Angeles as the West Coast Editor of Film Comment, Clein + Feldman hired me to be the unit publicist on what would turn out to be Sam Peckinpah’s last movie, “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), starring Rutger Hauer,...
I first met Clein in Manhattan in 1978 when I worked in the United Artists publicity bullpen at 729 Seventh Ave. He represented Alan J. Pakula on the western “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan and Jane Fonda. He admired my Annie Hall vests and fedoras; we bonded over his encyclopedic knowledge of film and Broadway musicals, and remained friends as he founded bicoastal press agency Clein + Feldman in 1981 with Bruce Feldman. Their first client, Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice,” won Meryl Streep her second Best Actress Oscar.
When I first moved to Los Angeles as the West Coast Editor of Film Comment, Clein + Feldman hired me to be the unit publicist on what would turn out to be Sam Peckinpah’s last movie, “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), starring Rutger Hauer,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Well folks, it’s time for another of the big ones. Here we go again with another of these Top 25 articles today, and it’s certainly a major one. Yes, this time around I’ll be tackling one of the biggest of the big eight categories in an effort not to save them all for very last. This one is the Best Director field. This is another category that usually has a rather big tie in with Best Picture, as you’ll see below to some degree once again. As always, I have a few specific titles I’ll be citing in detail later on in this piece, but by now I know how the game works here. You all mostly just want to see the lists I do anyhow, so I have no problem obliging you good folks there in that particular regard once again. All you have to...
- 6/28/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Bad weather leads to adventure as young lovers Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning take a trip to Manhattan
So it goes on, the eerie productivity of Woody Allen, who outlived his greatness, and might yet outlive his notoriety. However, there are, for the time being, more than enough people out there behaving as if they never liked Annie Hall and affecting not to remember how Allen invented the grammar of romcom and much else: the ending of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, for example, is reminiscent of Allen’s Manhattan.
This latest reshuffling of the Allen themes – and the permutations seem as inexhaustible as Sudokus – has come out on streaming platforms and some reopened cinemas in various international territories, after Amazon pulled the plug on the director’s five-picture deal. And … it’s not as bad as you might think, but the fade-to-black that precedes the final credits brings with...
So it goes on, the eerie productivity of Woody Allen, who outlived his greatness, and might yet outlive his notoriety. However, there are, for the time being, more than enough people out there behaving as if they never liked Annie Hall and affecting not to remember how Allen invented the grammar of romcom and much else: the ending of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, for example, is reminiscent of Allen’s Manhattan.
This latest reshuffling of the Allen themes – and the permutations seem as inexhaustible as Sudokus – has come out on streaming platforms and some reopened cinemas in various international territories, after Amazon pulled the plug on the director’s five-picture deal. And … it’s not as bad as you might think, but the fade-to-black that precedes the final credits brings with...
- 6/4/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Packed with star power and played out on a Manhattan-shaped canvas, A Rainy Day in New York is unmistakably a Woody Allen film. However, the director’s latest, which is only now being released after a protracted legal battle with Amazon (not to mention the controversy surrounding Allen) lacks the energy of Annie Hall and Manhattan. Instead, the soggy romance feels like a film created on autopilot.
Gatsby Welles (Timothy Chamalet) is the Woody Allen avatar in this instance, a Yardley College student who is rubbing up against his parent’s influence. When his girlfriend Ashleigh (Elle Fanning) is given the chance to interview world-famous director Roland Pollard (Liev Schrieber) in New York for the college newspaper, Welles suggests they make a weekend of it. Unsurprisingly, Pollard’s eccentricities, Welles’ misadventures and the New York rain all derail these plans and the pair are separated.
A Rainy Day in New...
Gatsby Welles (Timothy Chamalet) is the Woody Allen avatar in this instance, a Yardley College student who is rubbing up against his parent’s influence. When his girlfriend Ashleigh (Elle Fanning) is given the chance to interview world-famous director Roland Pollard (Liev Schrieber) in New York for the college newspaper, Welles suggests they make a weekend of it. Unsurprisingly, Pollard’s eccentricities, Welles’ misadventures and the New York rain all derail these plans and the pair are separated.
A Rainy Day in New...
- 6/1/2020
- by Luke Walpole
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Although his latest film remains hidden from public view, Woody Allen’s memoir finally was published today and, while its first printing quickly sold out, the book exhibits the same absence of order and discipline that has haunted both his films and his personal life. Indeed, it has re-ignited a predictable torrent of criticism about the scandals without adding new information or insight.
Titled Apropos of Nothing, the memoir is actually three books: One is a hilarious account of his Brooklyn upbringing; the second is a superbly revealing analysis of triumphs and flaws in his filmmaking; and the third is a baffling and unhinged report of his personal encounters, which reads like a bad parody of a Dostoevsky novel, with subtitles by Freud. Readers might be surprised by Allen’s candor but, as he explains, “when you view something as an innocent person you relish the close looks because you have nothing to hide.
Titled Apropos of Nothing, the memoir is actually three books: One is a hilarious account of his Brooklyn upbringing; the second is a superbly revealing analysis of triumphs and flaws in his filmmaking; and the third is a baffling and unhinged report of his personal encounters, which reads like a bad parody of a Dostoevsky novel, with subtitles by Freud. Readers might be surprised by Allen’s candor but, as he explains, “when you view something as an innocent person you relish the close looks because you have nothing to hide.
- 3/27/2020
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
by Murtada Elfadl
Over at Sundays With Cate, my podcast series about the films of Cate Blanchett, I just finished a three part miniseries about her Oscar winning performance in Blue Jasmine (2013). Something I thought The Film Experience readers might enjoy so I’m sharing with you. Here are some details about the miniseries:
Actor as Auteur
In part one we discuss Cate Blanchett as the real auteur of Blue Jasmine, and the many ways her performance makes her the author of the film.
The “Streetcar” Allusions
In part two, we talk about the similarities to Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, the character of Blanche Dubois clearly is the blueprint for Jasmine. The many actresses who played Blanche - including Blanchett herself in a production of Streetcar directed by Liv Ullman - or were inspired by her. From the women in Pedro Almodovar’s movies to Gena Rowlands in...
Over at Sundays With Cate, my podcast series about the films of Cate Blanchett, I just finished a three part miniseries about her Oscar winning performance in Blue Jasmine (2013). Something I thought The Film Experience readers might enjoy so I’m sharing with you. Here are some details about the miniseries:
Actor as Auteur
In part one we discuss Cate Blanchett as the real auteur of Blue Jasmine, and the many ways her performance makes her the author of the film.
The “Streetcar” Allusions
In part two, we talk about the similarities to Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, the character of Blanche Dubois clearly is the blueprint for Jasmine. The many actresses who played Blanche - including Blanchett herself in a production of Streetcar directed by Liv Ullman - or were inspired by her. From the women in Pedro Almodovar’s movies to Gena Rowlands in...
- 3/20/2020
- by Murtada Elfadl
- FilmExperience
Woody Allen‘s memoir will no longer be released by Hachette Book Group.
The publisher announced on Friday that the company had decided to drop the controversial director’s autobiography, Apropos of Nothing, just four days after announcing it had purchased the title.
“Hachette Book Group has decided that it will not publish Woody Allen’s memoir,” read a statement from the publisher obtained by People.
“The decision to cancel Mr. Allen’s book was a difficult one. At Hbg we take our relationships with authors very seriously, and do not cancel books lightly. We have published and will continue to publish many challenging books.
The publisher announced on Friday that the company had decided to drop the controversial director’s autobiography, Apropos of Nothing, just four days after announcing it had purchased the title.
“Hachette Book Group has decided that it will not publish Woody Allen’s memoir,” read a statement from the publisher obtained by People.
“The decision to cancel Mr. Allen’s book was a difficult one. At Hbg we take our relationships with authors very seriously, and do not cancel books lightly. We have published and will continue to publish many challenging books.
- 3/6/2020
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
A number of Hachette Book Group employees are protesting the publishing house’s acquisition of Woody Allen‘s memoir.
On Tuesday, Hachette’s Grand Central Publishing division announced that it bought the controversial director’s autobiography, Apropos of Nothing. Set to hit shelves on April 7, the book is touted as a “comprehensive account of his life, both personal and professional,” according to a statement from the publishers, which added that he “also writes of his relationships with family, friends and the loves of his life.”
As news of the book deal sparked outrage among industry members (Allen, 84, has previously faced...
On Tuesday, Hachette’s Grand Central Publishing division announced that it bought the controversial director’s autobiography, Apropos of Nothing. Set to hit shelves on April 7, the book is touted as a “comprehensive account of his life, both personal and professional,” according to a statement from the publishers, which added that he “also writes of his relationships with family, friends and the loves of his life.”
As news of the book deal sparked outrage among industry members (Allen, 84, has previously faced...
- 3/6/2020
- by Benjamin VanHoose
- PEOPLE.com
Woody Allen—the famed and controversial director—has written an autobiography, Apropos of Nothing, which will be released on April 7.
In the book, Allen delves into his long career and headline-making relationships, according to the book’s publisher Grand Central Publishing,
“The book is a comprehensive account of his life, both personal and professional, and describes his work in films, theater, television, nightclubs, and print,” said Grand Central Publishing, according to a statement released on Tuesday. “Allen also writes of his relationships with family, friends, and the loves of his life.”
The Annie Hall director is as well-known for his...
In the book, Allen delves into his long career and headline-making relationships, according to the book’s publisher Grand Central Publishing,
“The book is a comprehensive account of his life, both personal and professional, and describes his work in films, theater, television, nightclubs, and print,” said Grand Central Publishing, according to a statement released on Tuesday. “Allen also writes of his relationships with family, friends, and the loves of his life.”
The Annie Hall director is as well-known for his...
- 3/3/2020
- by Sam Gillette
- PEOPLE.com
Diane Keaton was Woody Allen‘s ex-girlfriend and muse when she played the lead in his 1977 hit film, Annie Hall — but she wasn’t the only one who served as inspiration.
In her new memoir, Brother & Sister, the 74-year-old star explains that Annie’s troubled brother Duane (Christopher Walken) was based on her own brother John Randolph Hall, an artist who has struggled with mental illness, alcoholism, and dark fantasies his whole life. Now 71, Hall suffers from dementia and lives in a care facility, where his sister visits him weekly.
“Sometimes, when I’m driving on the road at night,...
In her new memoir, Brother & Sister, the 74-year-old star explains that Annie’s troubled brother Duane (Christopher Walken) was based on her own brother John Randolph Hall, an artist who has struggled with mental illness, alcoholism, and dark fantasies his whole life. Now 71, Hall suffers from dementia and lives in a care facility, where his sister visits him weekly.
“Sometimes, when I’m driving on the road at night,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Sam Gillette
- PEOPLE.com
Diane Keaton, 74, has forged a decades-long career for herself as an award-winning actress. Her younger brother, John Randolph Hall, has lived a life that couldn’t be more different: “on the other side of normal,” as Keaton puts it, since childhood, Hall received a variety of diagnoses over the years (bipolar disorder, schizoid personality disorder) but nothing definitive. Now 71, he is suffering from dementia and lives in a care facility, where his sister visits him every Sunday.
In an exclusive interview with People, Keaton shares memories of her brother and their relationship, the subject of her new memoir, Brother & Sister.
In an exclusive interview with People, Keaton shares memories of her brother and their relationship, the subject of her new memoir, Brother & Sister.
- 1/29/2020
- by Sam Gillette
- PEOPLE.com
Get away from Natalie Wood, Darth Vader, we're warning you!
Over at Vulture this weekend, yours truly has a piece up about the history of Oscar's affection (and lack thereof) for the Star Wars saga. I'm glad they liked my Diane Keaton / Annie Hall intro (though they added the Woody Allen bits -- I left him out as I didn't want to distract people) because I couldn't get the image of Diane callously "la-di-da"ing while wielding the Death Star out of my head. Anyway, it was great fun to write so I hope you enjoy. It was also a trip to source the Fyc ads -- if only more of them were available online. I couldn't find a single Fyc ad for The Empire Strikes Back or The Phantom Menace (among other films).
One thing I didn't have space for that I could have written much more on was...
Over at Vulture this weekend, yours truly has a piece up about the history of Oscar's affection (and lack thereof) for the Star Wars saga. I'm glad they liked my Diane Keaton / Annie Hall intro (though they added the Woody Allen bits -- I left him out as I didn't want to distract people) because I couldn't get the image of Diane callously "la-di-da"ing while wielding the Death Star out of my head. Anyway, it was great fun to write so I hope you enjoy. It was also a trip to source the Fyc ads -- if only more of them were available online. I couldn't find a single Fyc ad for The Empire Strikes Back or The Phantom Menace (among other films).
One thing I didn't have space for that I could have written much more on was...
- 12/19/2019
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Marriage Story is Noah Baumbach's funny and poignant meditation on divorce, one with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson's best work.
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Charlie and Nicole are the married couple on the train. You’d be forgiven if you didn’t notice though. Despite the pair being the toast of Off-Off-Broadway, with him the prestigious director of an underfunded theater company and her its brightest star, when they come back from a party, they’re not on the same page—they’re not even on the same subway bench. Nicole sits quietly on the 3 train’s empty pew, and Charlie stands across the aisle, despondent. They are still together, and given their marriage story includes the birth of a loved son, they always will be, in a way. But they’re headed in different directions even when they’re on the same track.
This is one of...
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Charlie and Nicole are the married couple on the train. You’d be forgiven if you didn’t notice though. Despite the pair being the toast of Off-Off-Broadway, with him the prestigious director of an underfunded theater company and her its brightest star, when they come back from a party, they’re not on the same page—they’re not even on the same subway bench. Nicole sits quietly on the 3 train’s empty pew, and Charlie stands across the aisle, despondent. They are still together, and given their marriage story includes the birth of a loved son, they always will be, in a way. But they’re headed in different directions even when they’re on the same track.
This is one of...
- 10/10/2019
- Den of Geek
David Crow Feb 6, 2020
Despite the nominees this year, the Academy is not always kind to blockbusters, particularly of genre. Here's are 18 examples of why.
Oscar, Oscar, Oscar. Every year's Oscar nominations brings accusations and recriminations of who got snubbed and who got overpraised. This year's 92nd Academy Awards edition is no different. Is Joker really deserving of the most nominations from 2019? After its PGA and DGA wins, should 1917 truly be the frontrunner for Best Picture in a year that gave us Parasite or Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood? And why exactly is Greta Gerwig not nominated for Best Director? Some things never change, even as others do in the new century, such as Joker being a frontrunner and comic book movie.
Which got us thinking about what other blockbusters or mainstream entertainment either got ignored for a Best Picture nomination or even a possibly deserved win in the many years past.
Despite the nominees this year, the Academy is not always kind to blockbusters, particularly of genre. Here's are 18 examples of why.
Oscar, Oscar, Oscar. Every year's Oscar nominations brings accusations and recriminations of who got snubbed and who got overpraised. This year's 92nd Academy Awards edition is no different. Is Joker really deserving of the most nominations from 2019? After its PGA and DGA wins, should 1917 truly be the frontrunner for Best Picture in a year that gave us Parasite or Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood? And why exactly is Greta Gerwig not nominated for Best Director? Some things never change, even as others do in the new century, such as Joker being a frontrunner and comic book movie.
Which got us thinking about what other blockbusters or mainstream entertainment either got ignored for a Best Picture nomination or even a possibly deserved win in the many years past.
- 1/18/2015
- Den of Geek
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