WOODY ALLEN

FADING GIGOLO (2014)
Starring John Turturro, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone, Sofía Vergara, Loan Chabanol, Bob Balaban, Max Casella and Aida Turturro. Directed by John Turturro.

In a scheme to make money, a man who owns a book store convinces his friend that a fortune could be made by becoming a professional gigolo.

PARIS-MANHATTAN (2012)
Starring Alice Taglioni - Alice, Patrick Bruel - Victor, Woody Allen and Marine Delterme - HÉlÈne. Directed by Sophie Lellouche.

Idealistic pharmacist Alice is totally obsessed with the movies of Woody Allen. She continually quotes lines from his films, engages in imaginary conversations, and even prescribes her customers his classic works to help alleviate their ailments; it’s little wonder she’s still single in her thirties! Alice’s increasingly concerned Jewish parents hope to cure her fixation by setting her up with a handsome French gentleman, but even he quickly realises that he’s no match for the man of her dreams...

A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK (2020)
Starring Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Jude Law, Diego Luna, Liev Schrieber, Griffin Newman, Rebecca Hall, Liev Schreiber and Kelly Rohrbach. Directed by Woody Allen.

A young couple arrives in New York for a weekend where they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

REVIEWS A Rainy Day in New York - A waterlogged romantic comedy

WONDER WHEEL (2017)
Starring Kate Winslet, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake, Jim Belushi, Debi Mazar, Max Casella, Geneva Carr, Tony Sirico, Steve Schirripa and Matthew Maher. Directed by Woody Allen.

The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.

REVIEWS Wonder Wheel - Inert and boring

CAFÉ SOCIETY (2016)
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Corey Stoll, Jeannie Berlin, Ken Stott, Anna Camp and Paul Schneider. Directed by Woody Allen.

A young man arrives in Hollywood in the 1930s, with dreams of a career in the film industry, but instead finds himself both in love, and entranced by the cafe society that marked such a spirited age.

REVIEWS Café Society - A tale of two cities

IRRATIONAL MAN (2015)
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Parker Posey. Directed by Woody Allen.

A philosophy professor is in an existential crisis when a relationship with his student gives his life new purpose.

REVIEWS Irrational Man - Precisely absurd

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT (2014)
Starring Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Eileen Atkins, Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver, Hamish Linklater and Simon McBurney. Directed by Woody Allen.

A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue. The film is set in the south of France in the 1920s against a backdrop of wealthy mansions, the Côte d’Azur, jazz joints and fashionable spots for the wealthy of the Jazz Age.

REVIEWS Magic In The Moonlight - Delightfully decandent

BLUE JASMINE (2013)
Starring Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Louis C.k., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tammy Blanchard and Max Casella. Directed by Woody Allen.

The story of the final stages of an acute crisis and the life of a fashionable New York housewife.

REVIEWS Blue Jasmine - Blanchett brightens a dark Allen film

A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK (2020)
Starring Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Jude Law, Diego Luna, Liev Schrieber, Griffin Newman, Rebecca Hall, Liev Schreiber and Kelly Rohrbach. Directed by Woody Allen.

A young couple arrives in New York for a weekend where they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

REVIEWS A Rainy Day in New York - A waterlogged romantic comedy

WONDER WHEEL (2017)
Starring Kate Winslet, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake, Jim Belushi, Debi Mazar, Max Casella, Geneva Carr, Tony Sirico, Steve Schirripa and Matthew Maher. Directed by Woody Allen.

The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.

REVIEWS Wonder Wheel - Inert and boring

CAFÉ SOCIETY (2016)
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Corey Stoll, Jeannie Berlin, Ken Stott, Anna Camp and Paul Schneider. Directed by Woody Allen.

A young man arrives in Hollywood in the 1930s, with dreams of a career in the film industry, but instead finds himself both in love, and entranced by the cafe society that marked such a spirited age.

REVIEWS Café Society - A tale of two cities

IRRATIONAL MAN (2015)
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Parker Posey. Directed by Woody Allen.

A philosophy professor is in an existential crisis when a relationship with his student gives his life new purpose.

REVIEWS Irrational Man - Precisely absurd

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT (2014)
Starring Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Eileen Atkins, Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver, Hamish Linklater and Simon McBurney. Directed by Woody Allen.

A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue. The film is set in the south of France in the 1920s against a backdrop of wealthy mansions, the Côte d’Azur, jazz joints and fashionable spots for the wealthy of the Jazz Age.

REVIEWS Magic In The Moonlight - Delightfully decandent