Move over Scarlett Johansson. Carla Bruni, as in wife of the French President, is now inspiring Woody Allen’s film making.
She is a quintessential Minor Woody Allen Character: sexy, wealthy, European in that luxury-hotel sense that he adores, liberated in a pre-feminist sort of way, with creative aspirations that are preposterous but which powerful, besotted men [...]

What a premise director Woody Allen dangles before us here. The prospect of a ménage à trois featuring Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall, and then Scarlett with Penélope Cruz. A ploy to get the punters in perhaps? Well, no, not quite.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is an attempt to define love, and what we want from it. [...]

Film director Woody Allen puts a positive spin on neurosis and psychoanalysis:
People always tease me. They say, look at you, you went for so much psychoanalysis and you’re so neurotic, you wind up marrying a girl so much younger than you. You don’t like to go through tunnels, you don’t like to stand near the [...]

Woody Allen fans (and Billy Graham followers) will enjoy this interview the master of neurotic one liners did, back in the 1960’s apparently, with US evangelist Billy Graham.

Woody Allen’s typography.
It’s not just Woody Allen’s black rimmed glasses and neurotic ramblings that are a common feature in his movies, but also his use of typography, including the white font on the black screen.
In a time when movie titles become more and more of a clueless “me too!” affair, Woody Allen’s unique (and relentless) [...]

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Scoop is the latest Woody Allen production and combines elements of his earlier work including Manhatten Murder Mystery, and the more recent Match Point, plus of course Scarlett Johansson. The result is a quirky, yet fun, murder whodunit set in London and the neighbouring home counties.
Allen plays a [...]