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An aged chess teacher sits beside a young woman, their hands nearly touching, amid a dimly lit room.

Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood Wed in Whatever Works, and the Chaos Only Begins

A bitter chess teacher and a runaway from Mississippi wed, while her mother conspires with a suitor to break them apart.

By mitch·3 min readSeptember 28, 2026

A woman stands beneath a moonlit sky beside an observatory telescope, her gaze fixed upon the stars.

Movie Reviews5.4/10

Stanley and Sophie Fall for Each Other in Woody Allen’s 2014 Romance

A meditation on faith, science, and the limits of reason, set amid the gilded excess of the French Riviera.

By mitch·4 min readSeptember 27, 2026

A solitary figure ponders a dark scheme beneath a shadowed college moon.

Movie Reviews5.3/10

Eleven Years On, Woody Allen’s Irrational Man Still Treats Murder as a Philosophical Experiment

A professor plots murder to regain purpose, in a tale of college romance, moral dread, and a dark secret.

By mitch·3 min readSeptember 25, 2026

A stylized image of a 1930s Hollywood café with patrons dressed in elegant evening wear.

Movie Reviews6.4/10

Café Society Review: Woody Allen’s 1930s Hollywood Farce Is Clever But Rarely Moving

A review of Woody Allen's romantic comedy Café Society, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, and Steve Carell.

By mitch·5 min readSeptember 24, 2026

Two women stand together near a painter's cottage in a sunny Spanish countryside.

Movie Reviews7/10

Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Woody Allen’s Confident Minor Masterpiece

Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona review: Bardem, Hall and Oscar-winning Cruz in a 96-minute summer abroad that flips on one illness.

By mitch·5 min readSeptember 17, 2026

A nervous man and a free-spirited woman stand together on a sunny sidewalk, caught in a moment of shared laughter.

Movie Reviews9.2/10

Annie Hall: A Nervous Romance That Still Earns Its 9.2

Woody Allen's 1977 romantic comedy Annie Hall, starring Diane Keaton, won four Oscars and four BAFTAs. A review of why the 93-minute film still endures.

By mitch·6 min readSeptember 17, 2026

A man stands alone upon a tennis court beneath the pale moon, a small watch resting in his hand.

Movie Reviews7.2/10

Match Point: Woody Allen’s Cold, Precise Thriller of Morality and Greed

Woody Allen's Match Point (2005) sends a retired tennis pro into London's class system, where lust, money and a shotgun decide everything.

By mitch·4 min readSeptember 17, 2026

An ant gazes toward freedom above a bustling anthill colony.

Movie Reviews7.3/10

Antz at 28: A Sharp Political Fable Wrapped in a Star-Vehicle Comedy

Antz, DreamWorks' 1998 debut, sends Woody Allen's anxious worker ant through a colony coup. A sharp political fable wrapped in a star-vehicle comedy.

By mitch·7 min readSeptember 16, 2026

A man walks alone through a moonlit Parisian street lit by gas lamps.

Movie Reviews8.1/10

Midnight in Paris Review: Woody Allen’s Nostalgia Trap

Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris sends Owen Wilson's Gil back to the 1920s every night. A fantasy comedy about nostalgia that argues against it.

By mitch·5 min readSeptember 15, 2026