Posts Tagged ‘Annie Hall’
Film Review – A Simple Favor
The trailer might tout it as being “from the darker side of director Paul Feig,” (Bridesmaids, The Heat) but rest assured, A Simple Favor is packed to the gills with laughs amidst all the luridness. Based on Darcey Bell‘s 2017 trashy beach read of the…
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Film Review – Wonder Wheel
Woody Allen has become – very nearly without argument – the most prolific filmmaker of the last half century. Since the late 1960s, the writer/director has averaged a film a year. That is an insane pace. It’s a testament to his work ethic: some people…
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Film review – Appropriate Behavior
Desiree Akhavan’s breakup comedy Appropriate Behavior cautiously and honestly blends the familiar with the new, as she competently writes, directs, and stars in her first feature. Indiscriminately using every aspect of her own life to the screen, Akhaven plays Shirin, a second-generation Iranian who’s struggling…
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Film Review – 2 Days in New York
I’ll just come out and say it: I’m an idiot. It turns out that the only thing I can remember seeing Julie Delpy in is An American Werewolf in Paris. Looking at her listing on IMDb, I notice that I’ve seen some other projects she’s…
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An Appreciation – Annie Hall
Woody Allen begins his film Annie Hall (1977) with a monologue in which he addresses the audience directly. Within this speech, he describes a joke that he first attributes to Groucho Marx, saying that he would never want to be a part of a club…
READ MOREWeb-Exclusive: Top 5 Romantic Comedies
Another MacGuffin Film Podcast web-exclusive Top 5’s segment. In this episode, Brandi and Allen share their top 5 favorite romantic comedies.
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