Guillotine those rich teens! Jun 23, 2009
Instead, he chases younger, less outspoken girls like Kelli, a 16-year-old who lives in a lush Manhattan apartment with her 18-year-old brother while her parents live in the Hamptons, checking in only occasionally to see if their children are still alive. Who wouldn't instantly resent and pity these people, who can't be bothered to raise their own kids, leaving it to the service industry professionals of NYC -- boutique clerks, restaurant delivery people, spa attendants, prep school... (Salon)
Woody Allen's 'Whatever Works' doesn't Jun 22, 2009
The premise feels dated, a retread of such Allen works as Manhattan or Deconstructing Harry ... Allen is like a miner doggedly re-combing every inch of the Manhattan landscape for comic gold. (USA Today -- Life)
'Whatever Works': Grumposaurus Rex, By Kurt Loder Jun 20, 2009
Allen wrote the script more than 30 years ago, when he was making such incomparable films as "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan." Back then, his nebbish hostility had the fresh zing of underdog humor. Now he's wealthy and celebrated and 73 years old, and that youthful comic stance, transported into the present, just seems crabby and sour. (VHI.com -- Music News)
"The Proposal" Jun 19, 2009
If you can suspend disbelief enough to run with that crazy concept, you'll have no trouble buying the idea of Sandra Bullock as a rather monstrous Manhattan publishing executive who, in order to avoid being deported to her homeland of Canada, blackmails her earnest, hardworking assistant (played by Ryan Reynolds) into marrying her. The expected romantic complications ensue when Reynolds' character, Andrew, brings bitchy bride-to-be Margaret to his Alaska homestead, where his grandmother (played... (Salon)
Whatever Works Review Jun 19, 2009
left her for her best friend, is changed by Manhattan into a sexually and artistically liberated bohemian, becoming nothing like the uptight, God-fearing woman she was when she arrived. Through his unlikely relationship with Melody, Boris ultimately comes to appreciate the role that chance plays in human affairs (a theme Allen also explored in the gloomy Match Point). (IGN FilmForce)
Woody Allen's Latest: Works Like a Charm Jun 19, 2009
It comes in the pretty package of Melody St. Ann Celestine (Evan Rachel Wood), who might be as old as 20 and who's run away from her Mississippi family to end up homeless in Manhattan. She talks her way into a stay in Boris' place, and in a trice, she has kind of a crush on him. (Time.com)
Woody Allen: On location in New York is getting hard to do Jun 18, 2009
Allen, a filmmaker as synonymous with Manhattan as yellow cabs and the Brooklyn Bridge, has been priced out of the city he calls both his home and his greatest inspiration ... So have his most notable films, including Manhattan,Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors ... "At that point, I only filmed in New York, and we only thought of it for here. I wrote it about a man who abandons the Upper East Side and goes to live in the East Village. I made it Chinatown this time... (USA Today -- Life)
Off the Rails Jun 16, 2009
It should be called Manhattan: Battle of the Upper West Side. Apparently, the story was written in the nineteen-seventies. (New Yorker)
Being a movie star Works for Larry David Jun 16, 2009
Just as things were looking impossibly bleak for Boris he stumbles upon an impressionable young runaway from the South named Melody (Evan Rachel Wood) on the stoop of his downtown Manhattan loft. Despite the differences in their ages and temperaments, Boris and Melody somehow find love much to the chagrin of her seemingly proper southern mother (Patricia Clarkson), who soon embarks on her own rather nefarious adventures after moving to New York. (MSNBC -- Movies)
He Wrote New York Jun 5, 2009
Though his last film was set in Spain, his upcoming release Whatever Works, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Larry David, takes him back to the borough of Manhattan in Greenwich Village ... The film Manhattan, which debuted in 1979, opens with a panorama of fireworks over the city's skyline to the tune of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" a breathtaking love song to his hometown ... His father built houses and the family moved around often from Long Island to Brooklyn to Queens to Manhattan. (Suite101.com)
Soderbergh delivers "The Girlfriend Experience" May 22, 2009
I met Soderbergh recently in New York to talk about his new movie a quasi-experimental indie drama about a high-end Manhattan call girl ... If you're thinking that Soderbergh cast 21-year-old porn star and model Sasha Grey (see ) to play Chelsea, the upscale Manhattan hooker at the center of "The Girlfriend Experience," because he wanted a lead actress who'd get down and dirty, I suggest you go see some of Grey's other movies instead of this one ... Yeah, and now you've made a low-budget film... (Salon)
Woody Allen, American Apparel settle suit for $5M May 20, 2009
Both sides announced the settlement to be paid by American Apparel s insurance company on the morning a trial was to start in federal court in Manhattan. Reading from a statement outside court, Allen said he hoped the outcome would discourage American Apparel or anyone else from ever trying such a thing again. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
'Star Trek' screened in space May 20, 2009
Both sides announced the settlement -- to be paid by American Apparel Inc.'s insurance company -- on the morning a trial was to start in federal court in Manhattan ... Nixon, 43, showed off an engagement ring at an Action-Equals-Marriage Equality rally in midtown Manhattan on Sunday. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Outrageous Legal Battles May 19, 2009
On May 18 the day the trial was set to begin in a Manhattan courtroom American Apparel settled the suit and agreed to pay the director $5 million. But the verbal sparring wasn't over. (Time.com)
Dorky Guys Get The Dolls May 17, 2009
Woody Allen as Isaac Davis in "Manhattan". Dream guy 2: He's kind of introverted, but if he likes you, he'll be devoted. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Museums have played pivotal roles in films through the years May 17, 2009
That same institution provides one of the most romantic sequences in that most romantic of all Woody Allen movies, "Manhattan." Whoever would have thought that a planetarium and Gershwin could prove such a potent combination. Another New York museum, the Guggenheim, shows up in the most bravura sequence in "The International." Clearly, this is a big year for museum movies. (Boston Globe)
Woody Allen Headed to Trial Against American Apparel in the Case of the Purloined Image May 16, 2009
That's the question a jury will be asked to answer in a trial set to begin Monday in Manhattan federal district court ... Manhattan federal district court judge Thomas Griesa apparently agreed, related to past product endorsements, performances and interview transcripts. (Law.com)
Sam Cohn, at 79; was first of show business's superagents May 9, 2009
NEW YORK - Sam Cohn, whose nearly endless client roster of top actors, writers, and directors and imaginative engineering of deals for them made him the most powerful talent broker in theater and film during the 1970s and 1980s and a progenitor of the Hollywood super-agent, died Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 79. (Boston Globe)
Sutherland charged with assault May 8, 2009
Kiefer Sutherland departs a police station in lower Manhattan yesterday ... Kiefer Sutherland was charged yesterday with assault for allegedly head-butting a fashion designer at a Manhattan nightclub ... New York police said the misdemeanor charges were filed after Sutherland spoke to investigators at a precinct in lower Manhattan. (Boston Globe)
Summer Films Schedule May 8, 2009
"The Girlfriend Experience": High-priced Manhattan call girl's life spins out of control. May 29. (North County Times)
Clothier denies he wants to exploit Allens past May 8, 2009
In papers filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Monday, Allen called it a brutish attempt to smear and intimidate him. In his statement, e-mailed Wednesday night, Charney denied reports that Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn would be summoned to the witness stand. (MSNBC -- News)
Behind Washington's closet door May 7, 2009
I met Kirby Dick in the Manhattan offices of Magnolia Pictures, the distributor of "Outrage." A handsome, composed fellow who looks and sounds much younger than his age (he's 56), he had the conservative suit and the practiced, sound-bite demeanor of somebody who's been spending a lot of time in Washington ... Time and again I write stories bemoaning exactly the kind of mid-grade, B-list-celebrity, unlikely-to-be-released film that typically debuts at Manhattan's spring fest -- and yet there I... (Salon)
Woody Allen back in NYC May 6, 2009
The prolific director has shot countless films in the city -- the opening scenes of the black-and-white shot "Manhattan" (1979) are a veritable love song to the Big Apple with a montage of timeless scenes of the city ... His latest film, "Whatever Works," a comedy about a misanthrope set in Manhattan, is no different. (CNN -- International)
Allen Seeks To Block Farrow's Testimony May 5, 2009
In papers filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Allen said Los Angeles-based American Apparel Inc.'s requests to summon Farrow, her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn and others including his sister and Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt are a "brutish attempt to smear and intimidate" him. Allen sued American Apparel for $10 million after it used his image on its billboards in Hollywood and New York and on a Web site. (CBS News)
Woody Allen objects to Farrow, Soon-Yi as witnesses May 5, 2009
The motion filed in Manhattan federal court asks for a court order preventing American Apparel from calling witnesses and introducing evidence "concerning Mr. Allen's personal and family life.". The lawyers said any plan to put Farrow on the stand was "part of a brutish attempt to smear and intimidate Mr. Allen.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Rachel Dratch's Greek Movie May 4, 2009
Now in its eighth year, Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film Festival has made its mark on Manhattan and the film world. Stories. (CBS News)
Rachel Corrie, political Rorschach blot May 3, 2009
During our conversation in a Manhattan hotel lobby, Bitton scolded me for asking too many questions about Corrie's political significance ... Time and again I write stories bemoaning exactly the kind of mid-grade, B-list-celebrity, unlikely-to-be-released film that typically debuts at Manhattan's spring fest -- and yet there I was late last week, spending a lovely spring evening inside the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, confronted with an '80s dysfunctional-family comedy called "Accidents... (Salon)
Jim Jarmusch takes control Apr 30, 2009
" When it comes to independent films premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, I am apparently no better than a moth battering itself to death against the scalding glass of a Coleman lantern. Time and again I write stories bemoaning exactly the kind of mid-grade, B-list-celebrity, unlikely-to-be-released film that typically debuts at Manhattan's spring fest -- and yet there I was late last week, spending a lovely spring evening inside the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, confronted with an '80s... (Salon)
Allen faces smear campaign after launching lawsuit Apr 17, 2009
His trademark lawsuit in a Manhattan court claims the firm used his "image and identity in total disregard for his rights to privacy and publicity, his exclusive property rights and his personal rights" ... The trial is due to begin in a US federal court in Manhattan on May 18. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Foxx apologizes for bad jokes about Miley Apr 17, 2009
NEW YORK Elisabeth Hasselbeck says she feels fine after trying to hail a cab from a Manhattan sidewalk and getting hit by a bike instead. The pregnant co-host of ABC's "The View" joked about the hit-and-run incident on yesterday's show, noting that whatever the speeding courier was carrying, it must have been delivered on time. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Allen strikes back at company Apr 17, 2009
American Apparel lawyer Stuart Slotnick said the company plans to make Allen's relationships to actress Mia Farrow and her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, whom Allen married, the focus of a trial scheduled to begin in federal court in Manhattan on May 18 ... Elisabeth Hasselbeck says she feels fine after trying to hail a cab from a Manhattan sidewalk and getting hit by a bike instead. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Woody Allen: Clothing Company Is Harassing Me Apr 16, 2009
American Apparel lawyer Stuart Slotnick said the company plans to make Allen's relationships to actress Mia Farrow and her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, whom Allen married, the focus of a trial scheduled to begin in federal court in Manhattan on May 18. "Woody Allen expects $10 million for use of his image on billboards that were up and down in less than one week," Slotnick said. (Click2Houston, TX)
Sometimes, it's hard to be a woman Apr 12, 2009
The second is a sharply funny comedy of manners set in contemporary Manhattan. The third is a thoughtful, well-written story about a young woman prevailing over a difficult past. (Boston Globe)
Allen takes Manhattan again Apr 12, 2009
SHOWCASE :: Erie's Entertainment Web Site. Chautauqua Institution adds Creedence Clearwater Revisited for Aug. 14. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Woody takes Manhattan again in `Whatever Works' Apr 6, 2009
Woody takes Manhattan again in `Whatever Works. By DAVID GERMAIN. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
All music > Mar 18, 2009
Steven Suskin The score for Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin's "The Firebrand of Florence" made a triumphant return to Manhattan Thursday night after an ignominiously hasty retreat 64 years ago. Robert L. Daniels. (Variety)
Monsters vs. Watchmen Mar 7, 2009
Kong is the scourge of Skull Island and Manhattan Island -- but turns out to be a big lonely ape who sometimes is as much Anne Darrows protector as her tormentor ... Watchmen has one true super-hero, Dr. Manhattan, a brilliant scientist who is transformed by a experiment gone wrong into an indestructible blue human demigod ... The masked vigilantes and the superhuman Dr. Manhattan fail to stop him apparently and a new utopia dawns, while the masks who survive go into... (Variety)
Lucas's 'Fighter' Film Details Feb 28, 2009
Keep your mitts off of Manhattan. P.S. Shout-outs to Lesley Unger, Leslee Dart, Brianna Smith, Izzy at Ceccino s, and all the other people who kept us in good humor through Oscar week It s not as easy as it looks. (Fox News)
DVD Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelon... Feb 26, 2009
In recent years, Woody Allen has turned his back on his beloved Manhattan and filmed in Europe. He continues to be a prolific director, releasing on average one film per year, and actors still clamour to work with him, hoping to capture that vintage Woody magic. (Suite101.com)
Brad & Angelina Among Honorees on Fandango's Top 10 Best and Worst Screen Couples Lists Feb 13, 2009
Jennifer Lopez & Ralph Fiennes (MAID IN MANHATTAN): 3. Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck (GIGLI): 3. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
