Tag: Woody Allen
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“Shadows and Fog in the Age of Covid”
1991 and 1992 were considered watershed years for Woody Allen. While Shadows and Fog represented the end of the filmmaker’s ten-year partnership with the failing Orion Pictures, his next movie, Husbands & Wives, represented the end of his partnership with lover Mia Farrow. Husbands & Wives’ creative ambition had been, unfairly in my estimation, juxtaposed…
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Monkees Vs. Macheen: “Alias Micky Dolenz”
“They laugh alike, they walk alike, at times they even talk alike” David Jones was absent for “Alias Micky Dolenz” and the balance of the episode falls squarely on Micky, who really put his skills to the test in this episode, playing Micky, Baby Face, and Micky as Baby Face. He spends more time pretending…
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Vintage Cable Box: The Woman in Red, 1984
“Come and get it, Cowboy.” The Woman in Red, 1984 (Gene Wilder), Orion Pictures I had not planned to cover The Woman in Red until next year, but Gene Wilder’s passing prompted me to look at the movie again. As far as I know, the movie did not premiere on HBO until 1986 when we…
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Vintage Cable Box: A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, 1982
“Marriage, for me, is the death of hope.” A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, 1982 (Woody Allen), Orion Pictures Born a little too late to appreciate Woody Allen’s early slapstick comedy, and then the easy transformation to the more thoughtful romantic comedy for which he would become synonymous, A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy arrived on cable…