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Review

Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life

by Courteney Tan

The mas­ter cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er behind films by Woody Allen and Wim Wen­ders is remem­bered in this fond and nos­tal­gic hagiography.

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Review

Café Society

by David Jenkins

Kris­ten Stew­art and Jesse Eisen­berg lay on the old-school charm in Woody Allen’s Gold­en Age Hol­ly­wood satire.

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Irrational Man

by David Ehrlich

Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone go back to school in this charm­ing­ly off-kil­ter com­e­dy-thriller from Woody Allen.

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Magic in the Moonlight

by David Ehrlich

Woody Allen effort­less­ly does Woody Allen in a light­weight, none-too-hilar­i­ous peri­od comedy.

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Review

Blue Jasmine

by David Jenkins

A career-best Cate Blanchett daz­zles in Woody Allen’s heart­break­ing missive.

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To Rome with Love

by Andrew Schenker

Woody Allen fol­lows up the biggest hit of his career with an exer­cise in smug mediocrity.

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Review

Midnight in Paris

by Adam Woodward

Mid­night in Paris isn’t a clutch at yes­ter­year; it’s a state­ment that Allen still has some­thing left to say.

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Review

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

by James King

Like many of Allen’s recent out­ings, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger feels sur­pris­ing­ly slapdash.

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Review

Whatever Works

by Adam Woodward

Lar­ry David might be plug­ging a gap between Curb series, but Woody Allen can do much better.

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Review

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

by Jonathan Crocker

Woody Allen serves up a siz­zling roman­tic dra­ma with three seduc­tive cen­tral performances.

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Review

Cassandra’s Dream

by Emma Patterson

Woody Allen’s lat­est is thor­ough­ly enter­tain­ing – but for all the wrong reasons.

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Review

Match Point

by Danny Miller

Match Point is enjoy­able, if lack­ing in a lit­tle charm. Woody can do bet­ter than this, and we know it.

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