Book Club: The Next Chapter
When the COVID pandemic ends, Diane, Vivian, Sharon and Carol (Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen) are finally reunited and embark on a trip to Italy. The filmmakers…
Book Club
Four friends (Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen) have had a book club for the past 30 years, but the latest literary choice, ”Fifty Shades of Grey”, turns…
Manhattan: Rhapsody in Black and White
Mariel Hemingway and Woody Allen. Photo: United Artists After finishing Manhattan, Woody Allen was desperately unhappy with the results. It went so far that Allen begged United Artists not to…
Finding Dory
One year after the events of Finding Nemo (2003), Dory begins to remember a few things about how she got separated from her parents; together with Marlin and Nemo, she…
Annie Hall: This Is 40
Diane Keaton and Woody Allen. Photo: United Artists In the film’s first scene, Woody Allen as Alvy Singer addresses his audience, letting us know that he recently turned 40 and…
The Godfather III: Mea Maxima Culpa
Andy García and Al Pacino. Photo: Paramount If you are a die-hard fan of the Godfather films you are supposed to hate the third one, but I find that very…
The Godfather II: From Rags to Riches
Al Pacino. Photo: Paramount The Godfather was an incredible achievement by Francis Ford Coppola. Making a sequel that meets at least some of the expectations is difficult enough, but actually…
The Godfather: Paying in Blood
Marlon Brando. Photo: Paramount There's a scene in You've Got Mail (1998) where Tom Hanks says, "The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom. The Godfather is the answer to…
Interiors
As a well-to-do family in New York falls apart, its members get ample opportunities to vent their anxieties and feelings of insufficiency. In Love and Death (1975) Woody Allen made…
Love and Death
Napoleon is about to invade Russia; a coward (Woody Allen) is forced to join the army, and is eventually caught up in a plot to kill the French leader. A…