"in 2012. The film was structured in four vignettes featuring dialogue in both Italian and English. It marked Allen's return to acting since his last role in ""Scoop"". ""Blue Jasmine"" debuted in July 2013. The film is set in San Francisco and New York, and stars Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, Sally Hawkins, and Peter Sarsgaard. Opening to critical acclaim, the film earned Allen another Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and Blanchett went to receive the Academy Award for Best Actress. Allen co-starred with John Turturro in ""Fading Gigolo,"" written and directed by Turturro,"
"In 2010, it was the first film to win the 20/20 Award for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay (Woody Allen), and Best Supporting Actor (Martin Landau). It also received three additional nominations, for Best Director (Woody Allen), Best Supporting Actor (Jerry Orbach) and Best Supporting Actress (Anjelica Huston). In a 2016 ""Time Out"" contributors' poll, it ranked second only to ""Annie Hall"" among Allen's efforts, with Dave Calhoun praising it as ""the film in which Woody's comic and serious sides most comfortably align"". The film achieved the same rank in an article by ""The Daily Telegraph"" critics Robbie Collin and"
"cannot escape the suspicion that if Woody had never made a previous film, if each new one was Woody's Sundance debut, it would get a better reception. His reputation is not a dead shark but an albatross, which with admirable economy Allen has arranged for the critics to carry around their own necks."" ""Match Point"" (2005) was one of Allen's most successful films of the decade, garnering positive reviews. Set in London, it starred Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlett Johansson. It is markedly darker than Allen's first four films with DreamWorks SKG. In ""Match Point"", Allen shifted focus from the"
"supporting cast and remarked that it is a memorable film and that ""Mr. Allen has often said that he does not want or expect his own work to survive, but as modest and lighthearted as ""Midnight in Paris"" is, it suggests otherwise: Not an ambition toward immortality so much as a willingness to leave something behind—a bit of memorabilia, or art, if you like that word better—that catches the attention and solicits the admiration of lonely wanderers in some future time."" Roger Ebert gave the film stars out of 4. He ended his review thus: This is Woody Allen's 41st"
"flies, she becomes invisible, she is another person. It is hilarious and romantic, serious and exuberantly satiric. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 77% ""fresh"" score with an average rating of 6.1/10. Woody Allen received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, as well as a Writers Guild of America nomination. Mia Farrow received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical and won the National Board of Review's Award for Best Actress. Alice (1990 film) Alice is a 1990 American romantic fantasy film written and directed by Woody Allen"
"gave the film a more mixed review, however, writing, ""Woody Allen ambitiously mixes his two favoured strains of cinema, melodrama and comedy, with mixed results in ""Crimes and Misdemeanours""."" In 2016, film critics Robbie Collin and Tim Robey ranked it as the second best movie by Woody Allen. The film was met with critical acclaim, and was nominated for three Academy Awards: Woody Allen for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, and Martin Landau for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In ""Empire"" magazine's poll of the 500 greatest movies of all time, ""Crimes and Misdemeanors"" was ranked number 267."
"Festival. ""Match Point"" broke a streak of box office flops for Allen: it earned $85,306,374 worldwide, of which $23,151,529 was in its North American run. Allen was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film received generally strong reviews from critics, particularly in the United States. Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received 76% positive reviews, based on 214 reviews from American critics with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus states: ""Woody Allen's sharpest film in years, ""Match Point"" is a taut, philosophical thriller about class and infidelity."" Metacritic reported the film had"
"one of the highest-grossing Woody Allen movies. Adjusted for inflation it falls behind ""Annie Hall"" (1977) and ""Manhattan"" (1979), and possibly also one or two of his early comedies. ""Midnight in Paris"" (2011) surpassed its box office as well. The film was screened out of competition at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. ""Hannah and Her Sisters"" has a 'fresh' 91% Rotten Tomatoes rating and an average score of 8.5/10 based on the reviews of 56 critics. It also has a 90/100 weighted average score on Metacritic, which translates to ""universal acclaim"". The film received seven Academy Award nominations including Best"
"rating of 8.1/10, based on 210 reviews. The website's critical consensus states, ""Woody Allen's ""Blue Jasmine"" finds the director in peak late-period form—and benefiting from a superb cast led by Cate Blanchett."" On Metacritic, the film received a score of 78/100 based on 47 reviews, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". Early reviews suggested the film would be rated very highly among Allen's recent offerings, and praised Blanchett's performance as one of her strongest, if not the best of her career: David Denby of ""The New Yorker"" stated that ""in all, this is the strongest, most resonant movie Woody Allen has made"
"Sisters"", at $40 million. As of 2016, ""Midnight in Paris"" is the highest-grossing film directed by Woody Allen, with $151 million worldwide on a $17 million budget. ""Midnight in Paris"" received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 93%, based on 208 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""It may not boast the depth of his classic films, but the sweetly sentimental ""Midnight in Paris"" is funny and charming enough to satisfy Woody Allen fans."" The film has received Allen's best reviews and score on the site since 1994's"
"Guardian"", giving the film 3 out of 5 stars, described it as ""an amiable ""amuse-bouche"""" and ""sporadically entertaining, light, shallow, self-plagiarising."" He goes on to add that it's ""a romantic fantasy adventure to be compared with the vastly superior ideas of his comparative youth, such as the 1985 movie ""The Purple Rose of Cairo""."" In October 2013, the film was voted by the ""Guardian"" readers as the ninth best film directed by Woody Allen. More scathing is Richard Corliss of ""Time"", who describes the film as ""pure Woody Allen. Which is not to say great or even good Woody, but"
"review. ""It certainly benefits from having Allen aboard, though only Turturro would fight to bring such a warm and disarming experiment to the screen"", he said. Catherine Shoard of ""The Guardian"" praised Woody Allen's performance, stating that ""Turturro has given Allen his biggest and best on-screen turn in years"". Stephanie Zacharek of ""The Village Voice"" called the film ""a breeze, enjoyable both for its sweetness and its unapologetic silliness"". Fading Gigolo Fading Gigolo is a 2013 American comedy film directed, written by, and starring John Turturro. The film, co-starring Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara, Vanessa Paradis, and Liev Schreiber,"
"pervading every frame."" In a 2016 poll of ""Time Out"" contributors, ""Broadway Danny Rose"" was ranked Allen's sixth greatest film, with editor Joshua Rothkopf praising ""Mia Farrow's brassy Italian ballbuster, a wild transformation you’ll never forget."" Sam Fragoso of IndieWire also lauded Farrow's ""wonderfully out-of-type performance"" and listed the work as a highlight of Allen's career. ""The Daily Telegraph"" film critics Robbie Collin and Tim Robey named it the director's ninth best effort, praising Farrow's acting and writing that the film's titular character ""is one of Woody’s most snugly tailored roles: instantly funny, a little sad, and right up at"
"into a Woody Allen project that never quite comes together."" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating ""mixed or average reviews"". Graham Fuller for ""Screen International"" wrote a positive review, praising Allen, ""It would be going too far to say ""Wonder Wheel"" is an instant Woody Allen classic, but it’s a reminder that he’s still a force to be reckoned with."" Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" gave ""Wonder Wheel"" three out of four stars, and lauded Winslet's performance, writing ""there are valid criticisms of ""Wonder Wheel"" as a"
"a ""wonderful film"" and ""one of the best romantic comedies in recent years"". He commented that the actors are uniformly brilliant and praised the film's use of witty one-liners. In ""The Huffington Post"", Rob Kirkpatrick said the film represented a return to form for the director (""it's as if Woody has rediscovered Woody"") and called ""Midnight in Paris"" ""a surprising film that casts a spell over us and reminds us of the magical properties of cinema, and especially of Woody Allen's cinema."" ""Midnight in Paris"" has been compared to Allen's ""The Purple Rose of Cairo"" (1985), in that the functioning"
"""the occasional longueurs and dud jokes never prove fatal to the movie's overall success; to use the description Boris applies to his father, Woody Allen is a 'major loon' and ""Love and Death"" provides a fine showcase for his talent."" In September 2008, in a poll held by ""Empire"" magazine, the film was voted as the 301st greatest film out of a list of 500. In October 2013, the film was voted by the ""Guardian"" readers as the seventh-best film directed by Woody Allen. Love and Death Love and Death is a 1975 comedy film by Woody Allen. It is"
"tone and rhythm, even though, like all of the director's work, it's a mixture of the sincere, the sardonic and the classically sappy."" ""Variety"" similarly wrote, ""Exquisitely shot in black & white, Woody Allen's ""Shadows and Fog"" is a sweet homage to German expressionist filmmaking and a nod to the content of socially responsible tales since narrative film began. Allen's fans will regard this as a nice try that falls short."" Desson Thomson of ""The Washington Post"" wrote: In 2016 film critics Robbie Collin and Tim Robey ranked Shadows and Fog as one of the worst movies by Woody Allen."
"and DVD on December 20, 2011. Midnight in Paris Midnight in Paris is a 2011 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. Set in Paris, the film follows Gil Pender, a screenwriter, who is forced to confront the shortcomings of his relationship with his materialistic fiancée and their divergent goals, which become increasingly exaggerated as he travels back in time each night at midnight. The movie explores themes of nostalgia and modernism. Produced by the Spanish group Mediapro and Allen's US-based Gravier Productions, the film stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard,"
"and Melinda""."" David Gritten of ""The Daily Telegraph"" wrote ""It sounds like damning with faint praise, but Woody Allen's ""You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger"" is easily the best of his recent London-based films... a fanciful fable... with an idealised London as its setting."" Mark Kermode also considered it the best of Allen's London films, but believed Allen was just ""treading water"". Mark Asch at ""The L Magazine"" named it his 10th best film of 2010. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger is a 2010 English-language Spanish–American co-production comedy-drama film written"
"in 3 theaters, where it grossed an exceptional $114,095 ($38,031 per screen) in its opening weekend. Box office settled down upon further expansions, and its total US gross of $10,631,333 was in line with most Allen films of the period. ""The Purple Rose of Cairo"" received critical acclaim, and currently holds a 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 33 reviews, with an average score of 7.8/10, with the site's critical consensus reading, ""Lighthearted and sweet, ""The Purple Rose of Cairo"" stands as one of Woody Allen's more inventive -- and enchantingly whimsical -- pictures."" The film also holds"
"immensely sophisticated director, but this screenplay is in need of a merciless literary editor. It's full of an earnest teen-age writer's superfluous words, in addition to flashbacks and a dream sequence that contain material better dealt with in the film's contemporary narrative."" Modern reception is often more favorable. It was ranked 13th among Allen's works in a ""Time Out"" contributors' poll, with editor Dave Calhoun considering it ""further proof that some of Woody’s finest films are those that drop the kvetching men to explore troubled women"". It was 19th in Chris Nashawaty's list for ""Entertainment Weekly"". ""The Daily Telegraph"" film"
"out of five stars, calling it a ""classic"". In 2017, Claire Dederer wrote, """"Annie Hall"" is the greatest comic film of the twentieth century [...] because it acknowledges the irrepressible nihilism that lurks at the center of all comedy."" At Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 97% based on 70 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Filled with poignant performances and devastating humor, ""Annie Hall"" represents a quantum leap for Woody Allen and remains an American classic"". Metacritic gave the film a score of 92 out of 100 based on 20"
"A later ""Guardian"" critic, Peter Bradshaw, named it the best comedy film of all time, commenting that ""this wonderfully funny, unbearably sad film is a miracle of comic writing and inspired film-making"". John Marriott of the ""Radio Times"" believed that ""Annie Hall"" was the film where Allen ""found his own singular voice, a voice that echoes across events with a mixture of exuberance and introspection"", referring to the ""comic delight"" derived from the ""spirited playing of Diane Keaton as the kooky innocent from the Midwest, and Woody himself as the fumbling New York neurotic"". ""Empire"" magazine rated the movie five"
"film's ""desperate sobriety ... robs it of energy and passion""; Allen's ""style is Bergmanesque, but his material is Mankiewiczian, and the discontinuity is fatal. Doubtless this was a necessary movie for Allen, but it is both unnecessary and a minor embarrassment for his well-wishers."" On the other hand, Roger Ebert gave the film four stars and praised it highly, saying, ""Here we have a Woody Allen film, and we're talking about O'Neill and Bergman and traditions and influences? Yes, and correctly. Allen, whose comedies have been among the cheerful tonics of recent years, is astonishingly assured in his first drama."""
"Denby of ""The New Yorker"" wrote ""the young writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson has now done work that bears comparison to the greatest achievements of Griffith and Ford"", while Richard Schickel proclaimed it ""one of the most wholly original American movies ever made"". In 2017, ""New York Times"" film critics A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis named it the ""Best Film of the 21st Century So Far"". In December 2009, Anderson was working on a new project about a ""charismatic intellectual"" who starts a new religion in the 1950s. An associate of Anderson stated that the idea for the film had"
"by the filmmaker's own late-career standards. Yes, Coney Island has never looked more gorgeously golden-hued (thanks to cinematographer Vittorio Storaro), but Allen has seldom been less sharp."" Wonder Wheel (film) Wonder Wheel is a 2017 American period drama film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Jim Belushi, Kate Winslet, Juno Temple, and Justin Timberlake. Set in the early 1950s at an amusement park on Coney Island, the film takes its title from the park's Ferris wheel. The story follows the second wife and the estranged daughter of a carousel operator as they both pursue affairs with a lifeguard."
"luxury that Woody Allen had with ""Crimes and Misdemeanors""; he looked at the first cut of the film, threw out the first act, called the actors back and reshot, focusing on what turned out to be the central story. Watching ""2046"", I wonder what it could possibly mean to anyone not familiar with Wong's work and style. Unlike ""In the Mood for Love"", it is not a self-contained film, although it's certainly a lovely meander."" The official journal of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, ""Film Comment""'s 2005 end-of-the-year film critics' poll, placed the film as the second best film"
"to get the audience to suspend its disbelief and accept Allen, a withered Romeo, as a sweet-natured naif. The crotchety charm of the shy and awkward characters he played as a young man has worn off; nowadays, he comes across as just plain crotchety."" Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" said, ""The film is a showcase for Sorvino, actor Paul's Harvard-grad daughter, who gives a sensational performance. She shows startling humor and heart without trading on sentiment."" In ""Variety"", Todd McCarthy described the film as ""a zippy, frothy confection that emerges as agreeable middle-range Woody . . . There is perhaps"
"""Bullets Over Broadway"". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 40 reviews, indicating ""universal acclaim"". The film received some generally positive reviews after its premiere at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. Todd McCarthy from ""The Hollywood Reporter"" praised Darius Khondji's cinematography and claimed the film ""has the concision and snappy pace of Allen's best work"". A. O. Scott of ""The New York Times"" commented on Owen Wilson's success at playing the Woody Allen persona. He states that the film is marvelously romantic and credibly blends ""whimsy and wisdom"". He praised Khondji's cinematography, the"
"reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 48 out of 100, based on 35 reviews. Stephen Hunter of ""The Washington Post"" called it the ""worst movie Woody Allen has ever made"": At the other extreme, Mick LaSalle of the ""San Francisco Chronicle"", who also gave positive reviews to Allen's ""Melinda and Melinda"", called it ""the funniest movie of the year so far"" and Allen's funniest film in a decade. He also said: Manohla Dargis of ""The New York Times"" called it ""not especially funny yet oddly appealing"": Ty Burr of ""The Boston Globe"" called it ""fluffy, fatally"
"intellectual upper class of New York to the moneyed upper class of London. The film earned more than $23 million domestically (more than any of his films in nearly 20 years) and over $62 million in international box office sales. ""Match Point"" earned Allen his first Academy Award nomination since 1998, for Best Writing – Original Screenplay, with directing and writing nominations at the Golden Globes, his first Globe nominations since 1987. In a 2006 interview with ""Premiere Magazine"", Allen stated this was the best film he has ever made. Allen reached an agreement to film ""Vicky Cristina Barcelona"" in"
"Point"" By ""best"" he means they came closest to his vision. In 1989, Allen and directors Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese made ""New York Stories"", an anthology film about New Yorkers. Allen's short, ""Oedipus Wrecks"", is about a neurotic lawyer and his critical mother. Film critic Vincent Canby of ""The New York Times"" praised Allen's segment of the anthology. His 1991 film ""Shadows and Fog"" is a black-and-white homage to the German expressionists and features the music of Kurt Weill. Allen then made his critically acclaimed comedy-drama ""Husbands and Wives"" (1992), which received two Oscar nominations: Best Supporting Actress"
"""[a] clumsy, clichéd morality play that may actually represent the lowest point of Allen's recently chequered career."" Paul Jordan also compared the film to a morality play—but considered that praise: ""Allen gets past the guard of a modern audience which would not have taken seriously the appearance of a Mephistopheles or an Old Scratch. Uncle Howard is a chilling 21st Century Tempter, fulfilling the heart's desire in return for murder and leading his nephews to terrible perdition."" In his ""Best of the Decade"" article, ""New Yorker"" critic Richard Brody called ""Cassandra's Dream"" one of the best films of the 2000s:"