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Category: Woody Allen

  • Movie Review: “Magic in the Moonlight” (Woody Allen, USA 2014)

    Woody Allen is an atheist. He is a melancholic. And Magic in the Moonlight wonders if these things are related. It says that magic and escapism make us happy but are an empty happiness but that logical reality is a truthfully sad existence, one where the world doesn’t give us joys. But then it says,…

  • Anatomy of a Scene: “Annie Hall” (Woody Allen, USA 1977)

    Annie Hall, one of the greatest films ever made, is at once devilishly complex and remarkably simple. On the side of simplicity, it wears its point on its sleeve and never hides what it’s saying for a second. However, it also is built on a remarkably complex narrative structure (essentially the same structure that director…

  • Movie Review: “Blue Jasmine” (Woody Allen, USA 2013)

    I have a friend who responds to every negative review I write by saying, “You just don’t like anything unless it’s Woody Allen.” I’m a huge fan of Woody Allen’s work. I was angry for months about the fact that I had to wait to see this film because it never came to theaters here.…