Actors Express Regret About Working With Woody Allen

JAKE COYLE / The Associated Press Jan 17, 2018 A growing number are distancing themselves from the 82-year-old filmmaker, heightening questions about his future in a Hollywood newly sensitive to sexual misconduct. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Should Journalists Report on the #MeToo Movement?

Emily Wells / Truthdig Jan 11, 2018 We have an obligation to listen—then report with nuance, attention and scrutiny. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Woody Allen Keeps Telling Us Who He Is. Women Should Listen.

Kali Holloway / AlterNet Oct 25, 2017 Someone should invent a term for that moment when you realize an artist you love is a terrible person. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Why Some of Us Hesitated to Say #MeToo

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Oct 20, 2017 To speak out on the issue of male power abuse, many women must leap into a personal reservoir of pain. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Inside Out’ Turns Pixar’s Usual Formula on Its Head

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Jun 18, 2015 A female protagonist? And a focus on emotion? What’s going on here? Maybe the animation company has learned some life lessons. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Can’t Knock Woody Allen’s Hustle

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Jul 30, 2014 The prolific director's latest isn't his greatest, but it's good enough. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chain Linked

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 12, 2014 On Feb. 25 the Santa Monica City Council votes on whether Paul Conrad's peace sculpture should be knocked over and replaced with retail development. Because nothing says we should work to prevent nuclear self-annihilation like a Tommy Bahama, a food court and a lighted fountain full of pennies tossed by shoppers wishing for world peace with their eyes closed.Nothing says we should work to prevent nuclear self-annihilation like a Tommy Bahama, a food court and a fountain full of pennies tossed by shoppers wishing for world peace with their eyes closed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Woody Allen’s Latest Shows He’s Still Got It

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Aug 3, 2013 Imagine -- 77 years old and still making movies as good as "Blue Jasmine," when most directors his age are out of work or collecting dubious awards. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Woody’s Latest Riff

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Jun 30, 2012 There is no reason not to see something like "To Rome With Love" It’s an amiable film But it’s also something like a bag full of querulous cats, brimming with comic ideas that only occasionally come together in sustained, well-developed riffs" It’s something like a bag full of querulous cats, brimming with comic ideas and the occasional well-developed riff. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

This is the 30th Year in a Row Woody Allen Has Directed at Least One New Movie

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2012 According to his IMDb filmography, this is the 30th year in a row that the filmmaker has directed at least one feature film, starting with 1982's "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy." He was only slightly less prolific in the 16 years prior. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Midnight in Paris’: Tripping the City of Light Fantastic

Richard Schickel / Truthdig May 21, 2011 Gil (Owen Wilson) is lolling on some steps in Paris, contemplating his moderately unhappy fate when an antique automobile pulls up and no less than F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda invite him to join them. In, as it happens, the 1920s, in the City of Light.I like the way Woody Allen induces us to suspend our disbelief in his fantasy. Over the years he has become—again, this is not something people seem to notice—a master filmmaker. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Woody Allen Strips American Apparel of $5 Million

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2009 Woody Allen walked away with $5 million American Apparel dollars on Monday in a settlement of his lawsuit against the hipster-magnet clothing company. The actor-director had sued American Apparel for $10 million after the company put up billboards with an ad showing Allen dressed as a rabbi -- an image taken from a scene from "Annie Hall" -- without his permission. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )