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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent After “Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen will return to the French capital for his 50th movie which he’s described as a “poisonous romantic thriller” with a pair of French stars, Valerie Lemercier (“Aline”) and Niels Schneider (“Love Affair(s))”. The untitled film, the plot of which is being kept under wraps, will start filming next month and will be entirely in French with a budget in the $10-million range. Allen has described the film to be similar to “Match Point,” in that it would be “exciting, dramatic and also very sinister.”  Allen sparked headlines earlier this week after Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia ran a story reporting that the New York-based filmmaker had told them he was planning on retiring. Allen’s representative then issued a statement saying that the director had “no intention of retiring.”

John Dartigue, a 22-year Warner Bros executive who rose to VP Publicity and supervised campaigns for such hits as The Fugitive and The Dark Knight and after starting his career at United Artists and working on the first 10 James Bonds pics, has died. He was 82.

Writer-director Noah Baumbach’s latest film White Noise is his most ambitious project yet, with a production budget reportedly north of $100 million and a wacky plot featuring elaborate car chases and a fully staged train crash.

Douglas McGrath, the director and writer whose work spanned film, stage and television and earned him a Tony nomination for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and an Oscar nomination for the Bullets Over Broadway screenplay he co-authored with Woody Allen, died suddenly yesterday in New York City. He was 64.

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Mindy Kaling Michael R. Jackson is, in a word, dazzling. His Broadway musical, “A Strange Loop,” is a breakthrough masterpiece whose plot I won’t describe here because it’s so inventive that my summary wouldn’t do it justice. But what I can say is that it’s a musical about a writer … well, trying to write. The star of “A Strange Loop” is Usher, a “young overweight-to-obese homosexual and/ or gay and/or queer, cisgender male writer,” as he says in his opening song, working to find his way in the world, deciphering the many destructive (and often extremely funny) voices in his head. Watching Michael’s Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning musical, I felt like someone had shone a light on the creative process of writing in a way it had never been examined before. For years, many neurotic writers have been able to see themselves in the protagonists of Woody Allen movies or Charlie Kaufman’s “Adaptation” or, hell, even “The Shining.” I never completely got it. But I actually identify with Usher, a funny, tortured, pop-culture-fluent brown man trying to impress his parents, discover his voice, vanquish his shame and have sex occasionally. Michael managed to capture all the moments of artistic self-doubt and relentless self-examination and somehow make it joyful, funny and relatable.

TV shows. One of his earliest acting roles included starring in the popular 1997 ITV drama, Cold Feet. The success of the show, which sadly came to an end in 2003, acted as a springboard for James.

It was reported over the weekend that Woody Allen announced his own retirement, but now he’s speaking out to say that he’s not actually retiring.

Woody Allen is walking back the claims that he is planning to retire.A representative for the director, 86, released a statement Monday clarifying what he said in an interview with Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia where he was quoted as saying, 'My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing.''Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel. He said he was thinking about not making films as making films that go straight or very quickly to streaming platforms is not so enjoyable for him, as he is a great lover of the cinema experience,' the statement read.

Over the weekend, Woody Allen made headlines after a Spanish media outlet published an interview that seemed to have the filmmaker announce his retirement after the completion of his upcoming 50th feature. In addition, Allen seemingly announced that he would write a novel after he put a bow on his filmmaking career.

Woody Allen has been quick to deny rumours of his retirement that came out of an interview he gave to a Spanish magazine, saying his next film would be his last.

Filmmaker Woody Allen is clarifying comments that his forthcoming project, his 50th movie, will be his last. According to Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, the  director said that he plans to focus on writing a novel and retire from moviemaking. However, Allen's team released a statement on Monday claiming he does not plan to retire from filmmaking just yet. «Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel.

Woody Allen is not bringing his career as movie director to an end.

La Vanguardia on Saturday about his next move.“My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing,” he said.He noted that he plans to work more on publishing and writing books, rather than films.His forthcoming feature is titled “Wasp 22,” and will be filmed in Paris next month with a French cast. Allen compared the new movie to his 2005 flick “Match Point,” describing it as “exciting, dramatic, and also very sinister.”However, Allen’s reps shot down retirement rumors in a statement to IndieWire, saying: “Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel.

Prolific filmmaker Woody Allen has announced that his forthcoming project, his 50th movie, is set to be his last. Announcing the news to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, the  creator revealed that he plans to focus on writing a novel and retire from moviemaking. «My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing,» Allen told the publication. Allen's upcoming film,, is set to start production in Europe this year. Allen, 86 years old, has won 12 Academy Awards throughout his career and is known for films such as  and several others. However, Allen's career has not been without controversy.

Woody Allen is planning to retire from filmmaking. The 86-year-old director - who has directed 49 and won four Academy Awards since starting his career back in the 1960s - is set to take a step back from movie making after he completes the shooting of 'Wasp 22' in Paris so he can concentrate on writing novels. He said: "I don't know if I will write more memoirs, I don't think so.

Woody Allen is apparently stepping away from movies permanently. Following recent comments to Alec Baldwin in an Instagram live chat where he said “the thrill is gone,” in terms of filmmaking, the 86-year-old writer/director told Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia he intends to stop making movies after his next film, evidently titled “Wasp 22.” “My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing,” Allen told the publication.

Woody Allen announced Sunday that he will be retiring from filmmaking after completing his 50th feature.The 86-year-old actor, writer and director plans to retire from movies to focus on writing, according to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia. 'My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing.'The director, who has denied sexual abuse allegations lodged against him by his daughter Dylan Farrow, is currently at work on his 50th and final film, titled Wasp 22.The movie, which he compared to his late-career work Match Point, is being filmed entirely in French.  The end: Woody Allen announced Sunday that he will be retiring from filmmaking after completing his 50th feature; seen in 2019 in San Sebastian, SpainAllen told La Vanguardia that he wanted to spend his twilight years writing.Production on his final film is set to begin in a couple of weeks.

Woody Allen is bringing his career as movie director to an end.

with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia timed to the release of a book of short comic stories and essays. “Now I’m thinking more of a novel.”No cast or plot details have been revealed for “Wasp 22,” which will shoot in Paris almost entirely in French, but Allen said it will be similar to his 2005 film “Match Point,” which starred Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers: “exciting, dramatic and also sinister.”The Oscar-winning filmmaker’s career has faced public backlash after his daughter Dylan Farrow resurfaced allegations that he had molested her when she was 7 years old — he has repeatedly denied the accusations, including in a 2020 memoir “Apropos of Nothing,” and no criminal charges were filed after an investigation at the time.The case has also been explored in a damning 2021 HBO docuseries “Allen v.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Woody Allen has announced his retirement from filmmaking. While in Europe to work on his 50th film, Woody Allen told Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia that he intended to retire from making movies and to dedicate more time to writing during his twilight years. What is now set to be his final film is set in Paris and will be shot entirely in French in a couple of weeks. Allen described his upcoming film to be similar to “Match Point,” in that it would be “exciting, dramatic and also very sinister.” Allen recently wrote his fifth collection of humor pieces, “Zero Gravity,” which will be published Sept. 27 by Alianza in Spain. In the U.S., it was published by Arcade and distributed by Simon & Schuster.

the director admitted that his passion for filmmaking has started to fade, and that he no longer finds it enjoyable.Speaking to Alec Baldwin over Instagram Live, he said: “A lot of the thrill is gone,” said Allen. “Now you do a movie and you get a couple of weeks in a movie house, and then it goes to streaming or pay per view.

Mira Sorvino says she learned the “craft” of acting from her late father Paul Sorvino. The ‘Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion’ star revealed the ‘Goodfellas’ star - who passed away in July 2022 aged 83 - would “ break down” her acting in school productions and it made her into the star she is today. The 54-year-old actress told Closer US’ ‘My Life in 10 Pictures’ featurette that her father would “break down my performance and tear them apart,” before saying “but I learned my craft from him.

Sexual misconduct allegations first surfaced against director Woody Allen in 1992, which drove many actors and actresses away from the filmmaker, including Rosie O'Donnell.The 60-year-old actress appeared on The Howard Stern Show this week, revealing that, despite blasting Allen in an HBO special a few years earlier, the director approached her for a role in 1999's Sweet & Lowdown.She revealed that she turned it down immediately, and did so again when the filmmaker persisted, which even lead to a friendship with his ex, Mia Farrow.  Allegations: Sexual misconduct allegations first surfaced against director Woody Allen in 1992, which drove many actors and actresses away from the filmmaker, including Rosie O'Donnell Role: The 60-year-old actress appeared on The Howard Stern Show this week, revealing that, despite blasting Allen in an HBO special a few years earlier, the director approached her for a role in 1999's Sweet & Lowdown'I had done an HBO special where I said everything about him. And then I got on my show.

Rosie O’Donnell has no desire to work with Woody Allen.

The Howard Stern Show” that she turned down a role in one of Allen’s movies — after a 1995 comedy special where she addressed the child abuse charges against the director.“I had done an HBO special where I said everything about him,” she said. “And then I got on my show. So it’s the first year of my show and I get a call and they said, ‘He wants you to be in [‘Sweet and Lowdown’].

Rosie O’Donnell appeared on Monday’s edition of “The Howard Stern Show”, and among the many celebrities she dished on was Woody Allen.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic No director has done more to deconstruct the myth of the suburban American family than Steven Spielberg. Dissertations have been written and documentaries made on the subject. And now, at the spry young age of 75, Spielberg himself weighs in on where his preoccupations come from in “The Fabelmans,” a personal account of his upbringing that feels like listening to two and a half hours’ worth of well-polished cocktail-party anecdotes, only better, since he’s gone to the trouble of staging them all for our benefit. Spielberg’s a born storyteller, and these are arguably his most precious stories. From the first movie he saw (“The Greatest Show on Earth”) to memories of meeting filmmaker John Ford on the Paramount lot, this endearing, broadly appealing account of how Spielberg was smitten by the medium — and why the prodigy nearly abandoned picture-making before his career even started — holds the keys to so much of the master’s filmography. More similar to Woody Allen’s autobiographical “Radio Days” than it is to European art films such as “The 400 Blows” and “Amistad” (the more highbrow models other directors typically point to when re-creating their childhoods), “The Fabelmans” invites audiences into the home and headspace of the world’s most beloved living director, an oddly sanitized zone where even the trauma — which includes anti-Semitism, financial disadvantage and divorce — seems to go better with fresh-buttered popcorn.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic It’s 2022, and a Hollywood studio has just made a movie in which two men fall in love and can’t figure out what to do about it. No one dies of AIDS. No one gets tire-ironed on the side of the road. Judd Apatow produced the thing, so you know it’s funny. And yet, somehow, “Bros” doesn’t feel like that big a deal. Sure, it’s a well-budgeted, wide-release, R-rated gay romcom, and that’s historic (if you put enough qualifying adjectives in front of it). But one of those had to come along sooner or later. Oddly, it feels like there already have been others, and there’s no question more are coming, considering how hard Hollywood has been working to include gay characters.

Bruce Springsteen has shocked fans with an unrecognisable photo posted to Twitter with an admirer.The Born In The USA singer had traded his signature black shirt for a grey v-neck and pair of glasses.The 72-year-old was mistaken by fans for film director Woody Allen in the grey jumper and a pair of black specs.READ MORE: Zendaya's hottest snaps ever - tiny bikinis, sheer dress and thigh-high splitsOne fan joked on Twitter: "In case you still refuse to feel old – Bruce Springsteen now looks like Woody Allen."Another tweaked one of the lines from his 1975 hit Born To Run, posting: "Gramps like us / Baby we were born to nap!"A third was confused, referring to the blue/gold dress optical illusion: "The photo of Bruce Springsteen looking like Woody Allen is the craziest thing I've seen on Twitter since the dress."Born To Run and Dancing In The Dark musician Bruce, known as "the boss", has a career spanning almost five decades and is known for his legendary concerts with the E-Street Band.One of Springsteen's E-Street band members is also his wife, musician Patti Scialfa. They married in 1991 and have three children together.One of their children, Jessica, is an equestrian who competed at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic As a filmmaker, Noah Baumbach has always been a dyed-in-the-wool dramatic realist, talky coastal neurotic division. He hasn’t always been as good at it as he is today; “The Squid and The Whale” (2005), the divorce drama that established his reputation and is held in supremely high regard by many cinephiles, isn’t half the movie that “Marriage Story” is. The latter film was Baumbach’s culminating achievement after 25 years as a writer-director, and it brought his strengths to a new pitch of mastery: his ability to nail the dynamics of troubled relationships in all their frayed layers, his extraordinary skill with actors, and the nimble levity of his dialogue, which emerges from the human comedy as surely it did in the great films of Woody Allen and Paul Mazursky.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLast week, the French government reappointed Dominique Boutonnat for a second three-year term as president of the National Film Board (CNC), the country’s most powerful film institution, in a controversial decision that illustrates the country’s halfhearted embrace of the #MeToo movement.Boutonnat, a former producer and financier with close ties with newly reelected French president Emmanuel Macron, was indicted in February 2021 for alleged sexual assault of his 22-year-old godson the year prior. After a lengthy investigation, the prosecutor’s office has requested that the case be brought before a criminal court.

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Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas, has died aged 83. His wife, DeeDee Sorvino, announced the news on Instagram, writing: “I am completely devastated. The love of my life and the most wonderful man who has ever lived is gone.

Dylan Farrow roasted Alec Baldwin after he interviewed her adoptive father Woody Allen last week, whom she has accused of sexual abuse.

Just recently, while speaking to Alec Baldwin in an Instagram broadcast, Woody Allen said that he believes his next film, his 50th feature overall, could be his last. He says it’s more to do with the state of the industry and not about the sexual abuse allegations that follow him everywhere he goes.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentWhile promoting the French release of his 2020 film “Rifkin’s Festival,” Woody Allen said he was planning to shoot his next movie in Paris. The New York-based director told the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche that he was aiming to relocate to Paris in September to lens his next project which he said will be a French-language movie with a local cast. Allen said he was able to find the financing in the U.S.

Woody Allen has offered further details about an upcoming feature he plans to shoot in Paris, which he also says may be his last. Speaking with French Sunday paper Le Journal du Dimanche, the filmmaker explained he intends to move to Paris in September to make what will be a French-language thriller.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“Fourth of July” is a movie directed by Louis C.K., and in its light-spirited and unimportant way it comes at the audience as a kind of moral curveball. Starting less than a year after Nov. 2017, when five women came forward to describe inappropriate conduct by Louis C.K., including instances in which he masturbated in front of them (accusations he did not deny), the comedian, actor, screenwriter, and director has been working to revive his career, kicking off his attempted rehabilitation with an appearance at the Comedy Cellar in New York on Aug.

Woody Allen has suggested that his 50th film, a drama set to shoot in Paris this August, could be his last.Speaking to Alec Baldwin over Instagram Live, the director admitted that his passion for filmmaking has started to fade, and that he no longer finds it enjoyable.“A lot of the thrill is gone,” said Allen. “Now you do a movie and you get a couple of weeks in a movie house, and then it goes to streaming or pay per view.

Woody Allen has hinted that he might give up filmmaking while speaking about his career during a rare media appearance chatting to actor Alec Baldwin live on Instagram. Allen, who worked with Baldwin on the films Alice (1990), To Rome With Love (2012) and Blue Jasmine (2013), said that after making 49 films in his 86 years, "a lot of the thrill is gone" thanks to streaming. The pair chatted for almost an hour, but while Allen spoke about his recent memoir, social media and his career, he did not address the sexual abuse allegation that has followed him for decades, which he has always vehemently denied.

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during an Instagram live with Woody Allen Tuesday.Baldwin was interviewing the controversial filmmaker in a livestream during which tech issues plagued the chat, with Wi-Fi apparently dropping out multiple times.After the screen froze mid-chat, Baldwin got off the couch and could be heard yelling at someone off-screen in Spanish, which was later translated to be requesting the dogs to stop barking.“Leonetta! Leonetta! Basta! Las perritas! Basta! Las perritas, suficiente!” Baldwin yelled, which reportedly translates to “Leonetta! Leonetta! Enough! The dogs! Enough. The dogs, that’s enough!”It both baffled and amused viewers online, with native Spanish speakers claiming they found it difficult to understand what Baldwin was saying.

The names Woody Allen and Alec Baldwin carry a lot of extra baggage in 2022 than they did 20 years ago. Allen is still mired by the allegations of sexual abuse that he’s been accused of for decades.