Woody Allen

Javier Bardem: ‘When I won the Oscar, I felt great, but it didn’t make any sense’

Famed for portraying bad guys in Skyfall and No Country for Old Men, the Spaniard opens up about his marriage to Penélope Cruz, his formidable mum, and his hopes for his kids

Hadley Freeman

17, Dec, 2021 @11:00 AM

Barbara Hershey on Beaches, Woody Allen and breastfeeding on TV: ‘I was an innocent’

Now 73, the star of Hannah and Her Sisters shines in Jason Blum’s new horror. She talks about why audiences are hungry for mature movies, and her unhappiness at becoming an accidental poster girl for cosmetic surgery

Hadley Freeman

07, Oct, 2021 @2:00 PM

‘Totally fresh and weird’: Marshall Brickman on Jersey Boys, Dylan and Woody Allen

He wrote gags for The Tonight Show, won an Oscar for Annie Hall – and had a near-miss with the Manson family. As his musical Jersey Boys returns, the writer looks back on 82 years of sex, drugs and jokes

Sarfraz Manzoor

28, Jul, 2021 @5:00 AM

‘If publishers become afraid, we’re in trouble’: publishing’s cancel culture debate boils over

Publishing staff, in rows over authors from Mike Pence to Woody Allen, are voicing their reluctance to work on books they deem hateful. But is this really ‘younger refuseniks’, or a much older debate?

Alison Flood

03, Jun, 2021 @12:12 PM

Kevin Spacey and the rise of uncancel culture

Does the announcement that Spacey is returning to acting suggest a way back for other Hollywood men who were accused but not convicted of misconduct?

Peter Bradshaw

25, May, 2021 @8:18 AM

Sharon Stone: cosmetic surgeon enlarged my breasts without consent

New memoir claims the actor has faced ill-treatment at the hands of doctors, the film industry and her own grandfather

Catherine Shoard

30, Mar, 2021 @10:10 AM

Allen v Farrow review – a one-note pick over the bones of old investigations

The HBO series arrives on Sky in the UK, but fails to dig deep and do more than regurgitate Mia and Dylan Farrow’s allegations against Woody Allen

Lucy Mangan

15, Mar, 2021 @10:05 PM

Allen v Farrow takes Dylan Farrow's accusation seriously. She deserves no less | Moira Donegan

Some critics say the documentary feels formulaic. It may be because sexual abuse of the type alleged is a deeply formulaic phenomenon, with recognizable patterns

Moira Donegan

13, Mar, 2021 @11:13 AM

Diane Keaton’s 10 best performances – ranked!

With the Oscar winner’s romcom Love, Weddings & Other Disasters out next month in the UK, we run through her greatest roles

Hadley Freeman

11, Mar, 2021 @12:00 PM

Allen v Farrow is pure PR. Why else would it omit so much? | Hadley Freeman

The new HBO documentary in which Mia and Dylan Farrow revisit their 1992 allegation against Woody Allen claims to be an even-handed investigation. But its failure to present the facts makes it feel more like activism

Hadley Freeman

03, Mar, 2021 @12:44 PM