Tag: Woody Allen

Coup de chance | Review

Bad Luck Banging: Luck is a Fickle Mistress in Allen’s Amusing Gallic Debut For his fiftieth (and rumored to be last) film, Woody Allen’s French...

Venice Film Festival 2023: All of IONCINEMA.com’s Movie Reviews

We came, we saw, we conquered. Our Nicholas Bell was in review overdrive assessing the entire competition and much more. We'll still have film...

2023 Venice Film Festival – 75 Predictions: Bertrand Bonello, David Oelhoffen, Tarsem Singh & Viggo Mortensen…

Sure we are about two weeks away from the official announcements for the films that will premiere on the Lido, but we are very...

2023 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Out of Comp, Midnight, Special Screenings & Cannes Premiere

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (May 16th until the 27th) begins exactly fifty days from now and from the one-hundred-plus feature...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #137. Woody Allen’s Coup de Chance

Coup de Chance Woody Allen returns to Paris for what is his 50th film and what could be a new film in the vein of...

Rifkin’s Festival | Review

Spain & Glory: Allen Apes His Darlings in Familiar Comedy of Marital Discord The first entry of Woody Allen’s European banishment in the twilight years...

A Rainy Day in New York | Review

I Don’t Like Cities, But I Like New York: Allen’s Shelved Comedy Can’t Shake the Clouds At one time the immortal city streets of New...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #72. Rifkin’s Festival – Woody Allen

Rifkin’s Festival Now that Woody Allen has been officially exiled, he’s been adopted in the realm of world cinema with his latest feature, Rifkin’s Festival,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: Picks 200 to 101

Last week, Nicholas Bell helped us ring in the new year with our Top 200 most anticipated world cinema items. We also highlighted our...

Wonder Wheel | Review #2

The Wheel of Their Discontent: Allen Stages Crumbling Marital Drama in the Dog Days of Coney Island As impeccably administered as it is at times...

Wonder Wheel | Review #1

Woody Allen’s Wheel of Misfortunes: An Opera of Human Frailty Year after year, films by the prolific Woody Allen seem to build on each...

Café Society | Review

The Beautiful and the Consigned: Allen’s Latest Instance of Compromised Love Like all of Woody Allen’s features over the decades, his latest examination of humans...

The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell – The 2016 Edition

Tis the season for fevered wish lists and constantly fluctuating prognostications concerning the soon to be revealed 2016 program at the Cannes Film Festival....

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Eskil Vogt’s Top Ten Films of All Time List

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we...

Irrational Man | Review

Tepid Contemplation: The Unraveling of a Mild Murder Plot For his 46th feature film, Irrational Man calls upon Woody Allen’s fascination, or at least tendency to create a...

2015 Cannes Film Fest: Main Comp 1st Timers Include Kurzel, Lanthimos, Donzelli, Villeneuve, Brize, Joachim Trier & Laszlo Nemes

Returnee former Palme d'Or winners and their latest in Nanni Moretti (Mia Madre), Gus Van Sant (Sea Of Trees) are joined by several Main Comp...

2014 Deauville Film Fest: Nathan Silver, Damien Chazelle, Mark Jackson & Ana Lily Amirpour Among In Comp Titles

The Deauville Film Festival heads have unveiled the make-up of the 40th edition of the fest, and naturally this coming September, we've got a...

Fading Gigolo | Blu-ray Review

After making a substantial profit at the box office during its Spring 2014 release (via Millennium Ent.), the mild media fury surrounding the continuing...

Radio Days | Blu-ray Review

Nostalgia and the lingering sting of eras lost to the sands of time have cropped up in a number of Woody Allen’s lengthy list...

Magic in the Moonlight | Review

Hocus Pocus: Allen’s Latest a Re-hash of All-Too-Familiar Themes Returning once more to the world of psychics and magicians to inform his breezy comedic styling,...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #105. Woody Allen’s Magic in Moonlight

Magic in Moonlight Director: Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen Producers: Letty Aronson, Helen Robin, Stephen Tenenbaum U.S. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics Cast: Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden,...

Best of 2013: Nicholas Bell’s Top 10 Films (Picks 5 to 1)

Continued from yesterday's 10-6 countdown, here are my picks 5 thru 1: 10. Fruitvale Station – Ryan Coogler 9. Her – Spike Jonze 8. Gravity – Alfonso...

Blue Jasmine | Review

Blanchett Dubois: Allen Channels Tennessee For His Best Film in Years While few directors are as steadfastly perennial as Woody Allen, his constant output seems...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine

#60. Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine Gist: It’s only been four years, but it feels like ages since Woody Allen has shot one of his films...

IONCINEPHILE: Matt Boyd’s Top Ten Films of All Time List

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #71. Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine Director/Writer: Woody Allen Producer(s): Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Bobby Cannavale, Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, Sally...