News for
Radio Days (1987) More at IMDbPro »

2009 | 2007 | 2004

4 articles from 2009

---

Goy damage control: Shmuley takes on Jon Gosselin

31 October 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Back in the day, Rabbis were not to be trifled with, especially with stupid, self-imposed problems that would have exposed you to the community as a complete shmegege. And if you dared, and lived in a small New England town as I did, it was bad news bears for your family's reputation. Not Jewish, but with extended family that happened to be, I was exposed to Rabbis frequently at family gatherings, weddings and other rites of passage. The Rabbis of my youth were stern, just like the one that smacked up a young Woody Allen in "Radio Days" for busting out a Masked Avenger line while being scolded for taking the Israel nation-building funds and buying a decoder »

- April MacIntyre

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Tiff Auteur Round-up: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Todd Solondz, Werner Herzog

18 September 2009 3:48 PM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

A still from Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs. Jean-Pierre Jeunet Micmacs Many auteurs allow themselves an occasional lapse into nostalgia—Fellini’s Amarcord, for example, or Woody Allen’s Radio Days. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, meanwhile, has let nostalgia seep into his entire oeuvre (with the exception of Alien: Resurrection, his only English-language movie). It’s in the sepia-drenched streetscapes, the wistful music, the mid-century slang. Jeunet avoids excessive sentimentality, however, thanks to his virtuosic direction, his dark sense of humor, and his Rube Goldberg approach to storytelling. Remember that ridiculous scene in Benjamin Button where a narrator came out of nowhere to explain the series of coincidences that led to Cate Blanchett’s car accident? That was stolen from the Jeunet playbook. The true mark of an auteur is when people rip you off. Jeunet’s latest film Micmacs, which played in Toronto this week, revisits the golden Paris of Amelie. Dany Boon, »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Top 15 Performances in a Woody Allen Film

10 July 2009 1:53 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Originally Posted in Creative Loafing [1] Tampa. Very few filmmakers are known for their casting power. Woody Allen [2] may be one of the best. He is always great at getting Hollywood's biggest movie stars and the latest indie up and comers into his films (and with perfect timing). He worked with Sally Hawkins [3] and Samantha Morton [4] right when they were about to hit it big. His latest, Whatever Works [5], has some of the most coveted actors around (Evan Rachel Wood [6], Larry David [7], and Patricia Clarkson [8]). Here are my 15 favorite performances in a Woody Allen film: 15) Rebecca Hall [9] - Vicky Cristina Barcelona [10] (2008) Hall is reminiscent of Kate Winslet [11] in that she can convey multiple emotions with astounding subtlety. Many consider Vicky to be the first female Woody Allen character. On paper maybe, but Hall turns the role into so much more, perfectly relating the character's fears and her longing to make life exciting and meaningful. »

- Anthony Nicholas

Permalink | Report a problem

---

A Terse Interview With Larry David

17 June 2009 7:53 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

Jewish-American funnymen Larry David and Woody Allen, the "last of the schlemiels" as a recent New York magazine cover story dubbed them, have technically collaborated three times now. David -- the co-creator of "Seinfeld" and HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (its seventh season will premiere this fall) -- had bit roles in Allen's "Radio Days" (as a Communist neighbor) and his segment of the "New York Stories" omnibus (as a theater manager). But in the new comedy "Whatever Works," the Woodster's long-awaited return to NYC filmmaking, David slouches front and center as Boris Yellnikoff, a misanthropic former physicist who takes an impressionable Southern runaway (Evan Rachel Wood) under his wing. My ears hadn't yet popped as I landed in Oklahoma City for the deadCENTER Film Festival a mere 15 minutes before talking to David by phone. Much like his other interviews, the guy certainly doesn't give journalists much to work with, which I soon called him on. »

- Aaron Hillis

Permalink | Report a problem

---

2009 | 2007 | 2004

4 articles from 2009

---