Woody Allen

Wallace Shawn calls backlash against Woody Allen ‘a miscarriage of justice’
‘I didn’t care for the fact that so many of my fellow actors just assumed he was guilty,’ said The Princess Bride actor
Catherine Shoard
02, Feb, 2022 @1:32 PM

Tony Lyons, the US publisher who picks up books ‘cancelled’ by other presses
The man behind Skyhorse books, which has published recent works by Woody Allen, Blake Bailey and Norman Mailer, explains why he keeps taking on controversial books
Edward Helmore
27, Jan, 2022 @1:40 PM

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
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