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    A Dream Come True  May 4, 2008
    But then Woody Allen, who chose Christopher Walken as Diane Keaton's brother in "Annie Hall" and Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey and Dianne Wiest as sisters in "Hannah and Her Sisters," never puts much store in physical resemblance when casting sibling parts, relying instead on clever acting to make you believe his characters are related. In "Cassandra's Dream," McGregor plays Ian, the emotionally stronger of two brothers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Films, photos kick off CALF  Apr 11, 2008
    Strangelove and Annie Hall. The films continued Thursday, with a showcase of independent films from around the country, including three films by local filmmakers Josh LeMay, Jason Bannister, Alex Morrow and Paul Herard Thursday night. (Courier Publications, ME)

    Ad Track: Travelers gets hold of its umbrella again; see video  Apr 7, 2008
    The lawsuit claims that an unauthorized picture of Allen, in his Hasidic rabbi role from the movie Annie Hall, was displayed on New York City and Hollywood billboards and on the Web. With the image were Yiddish words that translate as "the Holy Rebbe." Seeking more than $10 million in damages, the lawsuit says the billboards "expressly, impliedly and falsely states that Allen sponsors, endorses and is associated with AAI (American Apparel).". (USA Today -- Money)

    Woody Allen Files Suit Over Billboard Ads  Apr 2, 2008
    Allen honors include a Best Director Oscar for "Annie Hall.". Copyright 2008 by. (Click2Houston, TX)

    Woody Allen sues company for using his image  Apr 1, 2008
    The lawsuit complained of a billboard featuring a frame from Annie Hall, a film that won Allen a best director Oscar. The image showed Allen, 72, dressed as a Hasidic Jew with a long beard and black hat and Yiddish text meaning the holy rebbe. (MSNBC -- News)

    Woody Allen sues apparel company for $10 million  Apr 1, 2008
    Allen won a best director Oscar for "Annie Hall.". Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. (USA Today -- Life)

    Woody Allen sues American Apparel over ads  Apr 1, 2008
    Allen, an Oscar-winning U.S. director known for his work in films such as "Annie Hall" and "Crimes and Misdemeanors," said in the suit he was neither contacted by the company, nor compensated for the use of his image. "Allen does not engage in the commercial endorsement of products or services in the United States," according to the lawsuit. (Reuters)

    Film reviews: 27 Dresses and Beaufort  Mar 29, 2008
    Once, a romantic comedy could feel natural, even real: such was the joy of a film such as Woody Allen's Annie Hall, a memoir of a sweetly flawed relationship in which the lovers eventually parted. Always the bridesmaid. (Telegraph.co.uk)

    Industry pros teach in L.A.  Mar 29, 2008
    As Woody Allen quips in "Annie Hall" (and Jack Black repeats in "School of Rock"), "Those who can't do, teach. And those who can't teach, teach gym.". But a very different scenario exists in Hollywood's own backyard. (Variety)

    Bass DVD Library shows mixed taste, promise  Mar 29, 2008
    I imagined a library filled with Annie instead of Annie Hall, 28 Days instead of 28 Days Later, Stranger with a Camera instead of Stranger than Fiction. Having visited the newly-opened library in person, Im fairly certain typos such as the one I encountered were not rampant. (Yale Herald, CT)

    Oscar Winners from the Late 1970s  Mar 28, 2008
    1977 Best Picture: Annie Hall. A small budget film directed by and starring Woody Allen, this picture beat the highly favored Star Wars, as well as Julia, The Turning Point, and The Goodbye Girl. (Suite101.com)

    Class of the Titans  Mar 28, 2008
    As Woody Allen quips in "Annie Hall" (and Jack Black repeats in "School of Rock"), "Those who can't do, teach. And those who can't teach, teach gym."But a very different scenario exists in Hollywood's own backyard. Instead of being taught by burnouts and has-beens, students enrolled in Los Angeles-area film schools enjoy the opportunity of learning from high-profile, real-world movers and shakers. (Variety)

    Dont you forget about John Hughes  Mar 18, 2008
    Woody Allen maybe, in his Annie Hall and Manhattan days. Thats about it. (MSNBC -- News)

    Lost in the thickets of the boomer soul  Mar 17, 2008
    It's sort of a Can Lit variation on the Woody Allen character (in Annie Hall) who uses the Kennedy assassination as a way of avoiding sex with his girlfriend. Quarrington has a reputation as one of the country's most dependably funny novelists and The Ravine won't damage that rep. (Toronto Star)

    Hollywood puts spotlight on fictional therapist  Mar 6, 2008
    As Alvy Singer, played by Allen, said in Annie Hall of his 15 years of analysis: Im gonna give him one more year and then Im goin to Lourdes. . (MSNBC -- News)

    2008 Oscars Snub Comedy: Juno  Feb 26, 2008
    The next comedy to win the Best Picture Oscar would be Billy Wilder s The Apartment in 1960, followed by Woody Allen s Annie Hall in 1977, Forrest Gump in 94 and Shakespeare in Love in 1998 ... Annie Hall beat Star Wars, science fiction being another genre often snubbed by the Academy in the major categories. (Suite101.com)

    What's so funny?  Feb 26, 2008
    In the modern era, Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Sting (1973), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Terms of Endearment (1983), Rain Man (1988), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and even Forrest Gump (1994) won best-picture prizes by leavening their bread of life with humour. In contrast, the best animated-feature Oscar almost always goes to a comedy. (Winnipeg Sun)

    Who Will It Be?  Feb 24, 2008
    When Jack Nicholson opened the best picture envelope and announced "Annie Hall" the winner over "Star Wars," I cheered. My brothers were furious and chased me around the house while I exclaimed "I told you so!" (The two have boycotted the Oscar telecast ever since, vowing only to watch if the Academy agrees to give "Star Wars" a retroactive award for best picture. (Fox News)

    Expect a killing at the Academy Awards  Feb 24, 2008
    "(But) the last small comedy to win had a big name attached to it," he adds, referring to 1977's "Annie Hall," directed and co-written by Woody Allen, who co-starred with Diane Keaton. While you can expect "Blood" to come in second for best picture and director (Paul Thomas Anderson), look for star Daniel Day-Lewis to pummel (with a bowling pin, perhaps. (News-Herald.com)

    Talk of the Town: Happy birthday, Oscar!  Feb 22, 2008
    Despite a surprising loss of Best Picture to Annie Hall in 1977, Star Wars unleashed a series of films which earned 4. 5 billion to date. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)

    No laughing allowed  Feb 21, 2008
    Looking back through the past 30 years, you'll find among the winners only two pure comedies: Annie Hall in '77 and Shakespeare in Love in '98. However, each had a built-in name value - Woody Allen in one, the Bard in the other - that lent the light choice a measure of intellectual ballast. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Oscar will love Old Men  Feb 20, 2008
    For one thing, its a comedy, and the last out-and-out funny movie that took the top prize (the unintentional laughs of Crash notwithstanding) was Annie Hall, 30 years ago. Its also got the lowest budget of the nominees, which generally casts a pall over the films chances of winning. (MSNBC -- News)

    Isla Fisher's latest a labour of love  Feb 17, 2008
    Labelled as the best "rom-com'' since Annie Hall, the film - which opened, appropriately, on Valentine's Day - sees Fisher play her part in her father Will's recollection of the three different loves in his life. Also featuring the subtle beauty (oh, and talents) of British export Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Fisher says the film explores the fact that love comes without a handbook. "There's no hard and fast rules (with love),'' Fisher offers. "I think you can find love, and the person... (Daily Telegraph)

    Ticket to romance  Feb 15, 2008
    "The genre is especially popular with women because the films' plots often revolve around the female lead making a choice or inverting traditional gender roles, said the instructor, who likes romantic flicks like "The Apartment," "Broken English," "Just Like Heaven," "Annie Hall" and "When Harry Met Sally. "And watching romantic comedies can be comforting, Tracey said, noting "there's something secure and safe in the notion of a happy ending. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    The 800-lb. Golden Gorilla  Feb 15, 2008
    The top Oscar has gone to a handful of comedies (including It Happened One Night and Annie Hall), but generally the Academy prefers to be edified. The year of Citizen Kane, 1941, was also the year of Preston Sturges' The Lady Eve, today regarded as one of the great American comedies, with Stanwyck and Henry Fonda brilliant as a cardsharp predator and her millionaire prey. (Time.com)

    Finally, healthy food indulgences  Feb 14, 2008
    As Woody Allen recounted in the lines he wrote for his character in the 1977 movie "Annie Hall," "There's an old joke ... two elderly women are at a Catskills mountain resort and one of 'em says, 'Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.' The other one says, 'Yeah, I know, and such small portions.' That conversation could have been about the dreadful diet regimens so many have suffered through in an effort to lose weight. But it doesn't have to be that way. You can have it all tasty and... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)

    Isla Fisher has the last laugh  Feb 11, 2008
    The romantic comedy, which comes out on Valentine's Day, was described by one critic as "the best rom-com since Annie Hall" and "the thinking woman's chick flick". The 31-year-old star has also put her voice to the animated film Horton Hears A Who. (Sydney Morning Herald)

    The heart of the matter  Feb 9, 2008
    "Love is, is too weak a word for the way I feel - I lurve you, you know, I loave you, I luff you." - Annie Hall. "Yo, Adrian!" - Rocky. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    Mad Money Review  Feb 8, 2008
    - Overture Films Diane Keaton, once an actress whom I enjoyed watching on screen in films like Annie Hall and The Godfather, plays Bridget Cardigan, an upper-middle class mom who accepts a job as a janitor at the Federal Reserve after her husband Don (Ted Danson) is downsized from his job. Dissatisfied by the low pay and dehumanizing conditions -- but not of course enough to move into a home smaller than the guest wing of the Playboy Mansion -- Bridget decides that she will steal money from the... (IGN FilmForce)

    Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List February 18-24  Feb 8, 2008
    Begins at 6:30 a.m. on Encore -- 6:30 a.m. Marty (Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blaire, Joe De Santis) -- 8 a.m. In the Heat of the Night (Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates) -- 10 a.m. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts) -- 11:35 a.m. The Sting (Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw) -- 1:45 p.m. The Deer Hunter (Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage) -- 4:50 p.m. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene) -- 8 p.m. Rain Man (Dustin Hoffman,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    THE LUMET MYTH  Feb 7, 2008
    These would be My Man Godfrey, A Man s Castle, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Gentleman s Agreement, On the Corner, The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3, Annie Hall, Do the Right Thing films about the struggles of the working class and the ethos of ethnic strivers. Instead, the films that make his reputation are the ones that herald the skullduggery of the city s movers-and-wreckers; that is, the power fantasies of New York s media elite. (New York Press)

    Top 10 movie romantic moments  Jan 26, 2008
    Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977) The highlight of Woody Allen's confessional masterpiece is Annie's (Diane Keaton) first meeting with Alvy (Allen) at the tennis club where we're blown away by her vitality, ebullient charm and fresh contrast with Allen's wound-up, navel-gazing New Yorker. La-di-da, la-di-da, la la. (CNN -- Showbiz)

    WGA Still Promises To Picket Oscar  Jan 23, 2008
    Brickman, who won an Oscar for Annie Hall, joked and supplied his own theory about why he thinks the strike will end soon: pressure from media moguls wives. My secret feeling about when this will be over is that it will be over by the Oscars, and here s why: because the wives of all the guys who own the companies that own the studios have already bought their gowns, Brickman said. (Multichannel News)

    Washington Post Film Critic  Jan 21, 2008
    New York, N.Y.: I must be the only person who really didn't like Annie Hall -- jittery Diane Keaton and misogynist Woody just didn't do it for me. I'm glad he's found peace in his life but I really have to wonder why actors agree to star in his stinkers. (Washington Post)

    Keaton: Lifetime achievement in comic flair  Jan 19, 2008
    Anyway, the money in the bank here is Keaton, whose smile gleams us right back to Annie Hall. An Overture Films release. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    In Mad Money, an unlikely trio tries a life of crime  Jan 19, 2008
    Once such a gifted comic (Annie Hall), she's now resorted to silly schlock like this and Because I Said So to keep her career afloat. Both she and her fans deserve better. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)

    Heist caper bankrupt of fresh ideas  Jan 18, 2008
    So it's refreshing, and occasionally amusing, to watch her pushing the pause button on her trademark Annie Hall tics. Perhaps to compensate, poor Latifah is required to ride the straight rails of her archetypal character once again the proud black woman, this time stooping to theft only to further the educational horizons of her two beloved sons. (Globe and Mail)

    'When Harry Met Sally' collectors edition  Jan 17, 2008
    15, 2008 10:45 PM Make fun of the movie for blatantly borrowing from Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Bemoan that you've seen it on cable so many times that you can recite the dialogue from the climactic New Year's Eve scene ("I love it that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out") by heart. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    Faith, freedom and bling  Jan 17, 2008
    Like the slick Hollywood guy in "Annie Hall" who has a notion that he wants to turn into a concept and then develop into an idea, W. has resumed his mantra of having a vision that turns into freedom that could develop into global democracy. W.'s peace train quickly gave way to the warpath, however, with Bush devoting a good chunk of time to the unfinished war in Iraq and the possibility of a war with Iran. (International Herald Tribune)

    Diane Keaton Drops F-Bomb on 'Good Morning America'  Jan 16, 2008
    Keaton's capricious fashion sense in "Annie Hall" consisting of vests, ties, baggy pants and clothing characteristic of menswear made her a fashion icon in the late 1970s. Top Video. (Fox News)

    Keaton Is 'Money'  Jan 13, 2008
    Among them: the first and second "Godfather" pictures, numerous Woody Allen films, "Looking for Mr. Goodbar," "Reds," "Shoot the Moon," "Marvin's Room" and "Something's Gotta Give." She won a best actress Oscar for Allen's "Annie Hall" (1977) and has earned three other Academy Award nominations in the same category ... Q: A couple of years ago, a Canadian newspaper headline about you said, "She's Annie Hall Forever." Many Diane Keaton stories use the words "la de da," Annie Hall's catchphrase... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Everybody loves Chris  Jan 7, 2008
    There is also a poster of Woody Allen's Annie Hall and there are pictures of Rock alongside the Peppers and the other comedians - among them Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider - known as the Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live. His book shelf is strikingly eclectic, the Vibe History of Hip-Hop lined up against Peanuts Treasury and Essential Dali. (Guardian Unlimited)

    Keaton waited for Mr. Right  Jan 3, 2008
    Keaton won an Oscar for "Annie Hall." Her screen credits also include "Manhattan," "Reds," "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" and "Marvin's Room.". . (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    Keaton postponed motherhood for Mr. Right  Jan 3, 2008
    Keaton won an Oscar for "Annie Hall." Her screen credits also include "Manhattan," "Reds," "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" and "Marvin's Room.". Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- News)

    A life in horror has paid off well  Jan 2, 2008
    So it's like that post-coital line of Woody Allen's in Annie Hall, "As Balzac said, 'There goes another novel' ". Right, Barker agreed. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Rated PU, unfit for all  Jan 1, 2008
    "This is Diane Keaton, people. Manhattan.' Annie Hall.' The Godfather.' Looking for Mr. Goodbar.' Acting like a whooping crane on Ritalin and getting hit in the face with a bar mitzvah cake. There oughta be a law." (The Washington Post) ... Diane Keaton will always be beloved for "Annie Hall." No one can take that away from her, though they are trying, actually, to take that away from her. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    Long, witty line of Jewish comedians  Dec 29, 2007
    Allen's flicks have covered a wide variety of genres, from mockumentary ("Zelig") to full-blown comedies ("Sleeper," "Love and Death"), theatre-style dramas ("Interiors," "September"), musicals ("Everyone Says I Love You"), and humorous masterpieces ("Annie Hall," "Manhattan," "Hannah and Her Sisters"). Allen has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards (he won three) and nine Golden Globes. (CNN -- Showbiz)

    NYC-themed love stories add up to perfect New Year's Eve  Dec 29, 2007
    Annie Hall (1977) No one photographs (or glorifies) New York like Woody Allen, and he does the same thing for Diane Keaton in this clever, adult and timeless mash note to eccentric love and eccentrics, period. When Harry Met Sally. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Chanel across the Channel  Dec 12, 2007
    While everyone else was swanning around in Chanel or super-chic black, she was wearing some sort of Annie Hall get-up. Bless her, clearly no stylist was at work: a big cream blazer, sleeves rolled up '80s-style (did she borrow it from partner Greg Wise. (The Australian)

    Palm Springs stargazing  Dec 12, 2007
    Our tour guide Annie Hall, of Celebrity Tours (www. celebrity-tours. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    2 Days in Paris: Making fun of real life nightmares  Dec 11, 2007
    In a performance that recalls Woody Allen in Manhattan, and Annie Hall Goldberg embodies the stereotypical neurotic New Yorker, Marion tries her best to accommodate his whining, worrying and general carrying on. She must balance all the stress of visiting the old home while ministering to his whining needs. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

    Beowulf in sheep's clothing  Dec 1, 2007
    It was something Woody Allen warned Diane Keaton not to do, in Annie Hall: "Just don't take any course where you have to read Beowulf". But the heroic epic poem, written by an anonymous author some time between the eighth and 11th centuries, was viewed as a cornerstone of modern literature. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Cruises United Artists off to a rocky start  Nov 26, 2007
    She points to musicals such as West Side Story, romances such as The African Queen and comedies such as Annie Hall and said she wants to replicate that variety. A blockbuster action film starring Cruise is not out of the question. (MSNBC -- News)

    Former Stones PR man dies at 73  Nov 22, 2007
    Wasserman also branched out into film - representing actors like Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson, and publicising films such as Star Wars and Annie Hall. But his career ended in 2000, when he was jailed for swindling some of his closest non-celebrity friends by falsely claiming to be selling shares in investment schemes that he said were backed by stars like U2. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Paul Wasserman, 73, publicist  Nov 21, 2007
    He also publicized such films as Cat Ballou, ''Easy Rider, ''Annie Hall and Star Wars. . (Variety)

    Paris With A Sting  Nov 21, 2007
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    Is Beowulf Animation? Pt.#2  Nov 20, 2007
    "I guess by the AMPAS's definition then sure, Beowulf is animation but then so is Annie Hall, Citizen Kane and Clerks," says Nelvana animator Barry Sanders. "Film is a frame by frame technique. What it fails to say is that animation requires a person to 'create' that motion frame by frame.". (Suite101.com)

    Paul Wasserman, 73; career as music publicist unraveled over investment scheme  Nov 20, 2007
    And he publicized dozens of films, including "Cat Ballou," "Easy Rider," "Annie Hall" and "Star Wars.". But it was in his role as a rock 'n' roll publicist that the man whom friends called Wasso made his greatest mark. (Los Angeles Times)

    Selecting From The Ratings Menu  Nov 19, 2007
    while considering how Nielsen ratings are best applied to the local markets, I'm reminded of the joke that Woody Allen uses to begin Annie Hall. Two women are discussing a posh Catskills resort when one remarks that the food is terrible. (MediaWeek.com)

    'No Country For Old Men' promises to be among best movies of 2007  Nov 18, 2007
    Beowulf' In "Annie Hall," Woody Allen says, "Never take any class that makes you read 'Beowulf.'". Love it or hate it, this Old English poem is full of everything you could want in a movie: major monster battles, heroic characters and saucy dames. (The Daily Texan, TX)

    Linda Griffiths on Thought Speak  Nov 15, 2007
    Like Annie Hall saying one thing and thinking another. "That s right. I am just writing the notes to Age of Arousal which are copious and the "thought speak" is a long topic. But it s instantaneous on the stage, and the audience gets it very quickly and really enjoys it. To explain, it takes much longer than it does to actually do.". (Suite101.com)

    Beowulf's epic comeback  Nov 13, 2007
    In the movie "Annie Hall," after Diane Keaton expresses an interest in enrolling in college classes, Woody Allen advises, "Just don't take any course where you have to read 'Beowulf.' ". But scholars, authors and fans say the poem endures because it is a timeless yarn about brave souls purging peaceful societies of agents of evil. (Los Angeles Times)

    Zemeckis brings heroic "Beowulf" to life  Nov 12, 2007
    Remember in "Annie Hall" when Woody Allen advised Diane Keaton, "Just don't take any class where you have to read 'Beowulf'". As multitudes stand in long lines to see this movie, many may indeed be reading "Beowulf," if only to relish what Zemeckis and company. (Reuters)

    'Experts' cash in on strike  Nov 10, 2007
    Frankly, to borrow Woody Allen's line from "Annie Hall" -- the one where he expresses skepticism toward "any religion that advertises in Popular Mechanics" -- perhaps it's time for a moratorium on "experts" who bombard reporters with press releases trumpeting their credentials. Yet because slimmed-down news operations are cheap and increasingly undermanned -- fostering a kind of reportorial laziness, as fewer bodies struggle to occupy more space and time -- this spam-like tactic can be... (Variety)

    'Lions for Lambs' asks questions but lacks roar  Nov 8, 2007
    More lamb than lion, the movie's a lightweight in the pantheon of United Artists films, which include studio co-founder Charles Chaplin's "City Lights" and "Modern Times," Cruise's "Rain Man," and such classics as "12 Angry Men," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Annie Hall" and "Rocky.". But as ideological dramas go, it's a huge step up from, say, Sylvester Stallone draped in an American flag for "Rocky IV.". (North County Times)

    Film schooled  Oct 19, 2007
    The movies David screened for his son ranged from classics like Annie Hall and On the Waterfront to popcorn fare like Showgirls and Under Siege. Afterwards, they'd sit out on the porch while Jesse enjoyed a cigarette and talk not only about the film, but about life. (National Post)

    North County's own bring 'Jersey Boys' home  Oct 11, 2007
    The journey of "Jersey Boys" to the stage began in 2002 when Brickman (co-writer of "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan" with Woody Allen) and Elice (whose theatrical writing credits include the revue "Bad Times Are Just Around the Corner" and the thriller "Double Double") were invited to lunch by Valli and fellow Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio (the band's principal songwriter). Valli and Gaudio envisioned using their song catalog as the basis for a "Mamma Mia"-style jukebox musical (which combined... (North County Times)

    Costa: Summer ends and school begins  Oct 3, 2007
    I think of Woody Allen s great line to Diane Keaton in Annie Hall when she parks her car way away from the curb. That s OK. We can walk to the curb from here. (Westford Eagle, MA)

    Review: Feast of Love  Sep 28, 2007
    Feast of Love should do for Portland housing values what Annie Hall did for Manhattan. Our hero, if he is such, is Bradley (Greg Kinnear), the owner of Jitters coffee shop and a quintessential nice guy who is blissfully oblivious to what's going on in his life. (Canada.com)

    Pick your flicks  Sep 27, 2007
    "Annie Hall" by the Woodster. I saw this film for the first time probably 20 years ago and I still quote lines from it. (The Indianapolis Star -- Entertainment)

    Foreign filmmaker  Sep 14, 2007
    " Simple dollars and cents -- or more accurately, Euros -- created this sea-change in the life of the guy who chronicled upscale New York life in dozens of movies from Annie Hall to Bullets Over Broadway. Never a mega-box office filmmaker, these days, he simply can't find American producers who will both bankroll his movies and give him creative freedom. Europeans, on the other hand, still regard Allen as an auteur, such that his last few movies were bankrolled and shot in England, and his next,... (Winnipeg Sun)

     Read on...  Sep 10, 2007
    Three films that mean a lot to me: Annie Hall, directed by Woody AllenWaiting for Guffman, directed by Christopher GuestFucking Amal( Show Me Love), directed by Lukas Moodysson. Last CD I bought: Does buying an album on iTunes count. (Variety)

    Camera-toting partygoers leave paparazzi in the dark  Sep 10, 2007
    Photographs of Jake Gyllenhaal arriving at Pearson International Airport were quickly sent to gossip websites like Pink is the new Blog, while shots of Sienna Miller's Annie Hall meets Alice in Wonderland were online before the Factory Girl had made it to the VIP room. Agencies are now popping up to take advantage of this material, and the new labour force that provides it. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Film weekly in Venice  Sep 9, 2007
    For more cerebral efforts, Annie Hall and Manhattan top the list. And Woody's underrated masterpiece has to be the Purple Rose of Cairo. (The Observer)

    Allen finds a better quality of misery  Sep 3, 2007
    His name may be synonymous with bittersweet comedies with Play It Again, Sam and Annie Hall among his enduring classics but Allen says he has always wanted to write serious dramas rather than comedies ... His comic talent won him Oscars for his movies Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters. (Times Online)

    A 'Paris' only Woody would love  Aug 24, 2007
    A lot of the movie is actually like a long, raw version of the trips in "Annie Hall," in which Annie and Alvy go back in time and look at living snapshots from Annie's old relationships. Alternatively, "2 Days in Paris" feels like an adolescently frantic variation on the blissful romance in Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset," which also starred Delpy. (Boston Globe -- Living)

    Experts: Vent, then resolve the problem  Aug 22, 2007
    Talk therapy, particularly for the rich, could take years, as Woody Allen in the movie "Annie Hall" confessed when he said about his analyst, "I'm gonna give him one more year and then I'm going to Lourdes.". The recently deceased New York psychotherapist Albert Ellis and others argued for shorter periods of therapy with an emphasis on changing behavior and moving forward rather than looking back. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Shrinking the big screen  Aug 20, 2007
    As the New Yorker film critic David Denby observed recently, the genre hasn't been as magnificent since Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" (1977) and "Manhattan" (1979). "Sex and the City," on HBO, restored the glamour and zaniness and the candor that had gone missing at the movies. (Boston Globe -- Living)

    Tartan Trash  Aug 12, 2007
    Julie Delpy arrives to close the festival with 2 Days in Paris, which she directs and stars in, a romantic and funny mix of Annie Hall, Godard and her own Before Sunset. In between, I recommend you catch Rocket Science, the first feature from American Jeffrey Blitz. (The Observer)

    Julie Delpy's '2 Days' has its moments  Aug 10, 2007
    Delpy is clearly trying to approximate the neurotic chemistry of Diane Keaton and Allen, going for an even more powerful culture clash than in Annie Hall. She has a Keaton-esque quality. (USA Today -- Life)

    Patti Smith covers Dylan to Cobain  Aug 8, 2007
    She also had on boots and a black hat, which made her look part Annie Hall and part Amish. I was glad when she lost the hat. (City Pages)

    Has Ricky Gervais stopped being funny?  Aug 8, 2007
    I also find Woody Allen funny and no matter how many times i watch Annie Hall i can still laugh till im crying. But i also find Chubby Brown funny. (Telegraph.co.uk)

    KISS & TELLING  Aug 5, 2007
    "Some months later," he says, "I was rewatching 'Annie Hall,' and he uses the exact same phrase: 'There's too much emphasis placed on the female orgasm.' ". . (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Ms Weaver's feeling for snow  Aug 3, 2007
    " But, she adds, she also "learnt a lot about joy" from the people she met. Since Weaver made her first appearance on film - 30 years ago, a fleeting cameo in Woody Allen's Annie Hall - she has pushed herself to avoid repetition, to mix independent movies and blockbusters. Inevitably, she says, if she has a success in a strong, defined role, she'll be sent scripts along the same lines: action movies after her performance as Ripley in Alien; cold, forbidding women after her character in The Ice... (The Age)

    What are the worst films of all time?  Aug 1, 2007
    " No Sly, you were pox! Posted by: Mark on August 1, 2007 8:26 AM any film with cate blanchett sould be burned and destroyed the most over rated actor ever Posted by: pete on August 1, 2007 8:27 AM Wild, Wild West! Posted by: Alftura on August 1, 2007 8:27 AM 'The Coolangatta Gold' was an early 80s shocker. I don't think Grant Kenny's acting career ever got off the ground. Posted by: Paul Newcombe on August 1, 2007 8:29 AM Passion of the Christ. Posted by: Hell Fire Rod on August 1, 2007 8:30 AM... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

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