Leaving New York for London with Match Point revitalized Woody Allen’s career in 2005; now he picks up shop again, this time seeking inspiration in Spain. And again, the move does him good, as Vicky Cristina Barcelona evokes, though perhaps does not quite equal, his greatest triumphs.
This essentially plotless Woody Allen film consists of a series of nostalgic vignettes about a 1940s working class New York family.
In case anyone doubted Woody Allen’s admiration for Ingmar Bergman, he made this film to prove it (I suppose his use of Smiles of a Summer Night as basis for A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy also counts). Interiors is about the best imitation of a Bergman chamber drama you could ask for, down to the [...]
In this lesser Woody Allen film, Danny Rose (Woody) is a theatrical agent whose clients always leave him when they start becoming successful. His current client, a has-been tenor trying to make a comeback, gives him further grief by having an affair with a young woman (Mia Farrow) with gangster connections. Not only does Danny [...]
This movie has been recommended to me more than any other Woody Allen film, I think. One main plot thread involves Martin Landau’s attempts to get rid of a long-term mistress when she threatens to reveal their affair if he doesn’t marry her; the other follows Allen’s attempts to retain his integrity when the documentary [...]
