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'Stroke of Luck': Woody Allen's first French film

After expanding his universe of urban intellectuals from New York to Barcelona, Rome and Paris, Woody Allen goes a step further with "Coup de Chance" – or "Stroke of Luck" – his first movie in French. For FRANCE 24 film critic Lisa Nesselson, it's a French film that's also unmistakably…

France 24

Venice Film Festival round-up: From Yorgos Lanthimos standout Poor Things to Michael Mann’s operatic Ferrari

Festivalgoers will surely agree that the 2023 competition was one of the most eclectic and eccentric in recent memory, writes Geoffrey Macnab

The Independent UK

Venice film festival 2023 week two roundup – Priscilla, Bernstein, refugees and hitmen

Emma Stone goes wild in a zany Victorian fantasy, Woody Allen gets one of the biggest laughs of the week, Carey Mulligan turns in a career-best performance – and the Golden Lion should go to Agnieszka Holland’s searing Green Border

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Woody Allen: cheered on stage despite fog of accusation that won’t lift

Given rapturous applause at Venice, Allen has – like it or not – become an icon for post-#MeToo confusion around allegations and burdens of proof

The Guardian - UK

Venice Film Festival celebrates 80th year as A-listers hit the red carpet

The 80th Venice Film Festival is under way, celebrating films from around the world.

The Week

Woody Allen defends Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales amid sexual harassment scandal

Many are calling for Rubiales to resign after kissing Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso on the mouth following the World Cup final

The Independent UK

Auteurs and workers’ rights spotlit at a less starry Venice film festival

Hollywood strikes have deprived festival of glamour but not debate, while focus switched to varyingly controversial directors

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Woody Allen offers staggering defence of Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales

Allen told a Spanish language publication the actions of the under fire football federation chief were ‘just a kiss’ and ‘he wasn’t raping her’

Evening Standard

‘He wasn’t raping her’: Woody Allen offers staggering defence of Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales

Many are calling for Rubiales to resign after kissing Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso on the mouth following the World Cup final

The Independent UK

Woody Allen receives five-minute standing ovation at Venice for new film after ‘cancel culture’ comments

Director is receiving his highest acclaim in years for ‘Coup de Chance’

The Independent UK

Coup de Chance at Venice Film Festival review: Woody Allen’s French farce is just exactly what you expect

Le Frenchness is laid on a little too thick but everything else is as familiar as a pair of old chaussures

Evening Standard

Coup de Chance review – Woody Allen’s tale of ill-fated lovers is his best film in a decade

Venice film festival: An adulterous affair between bored millionaire’s wife Fanny and struggling writer Alain is surely bound for disaster

The Guardian - UK

‘Nothing but good fortune’: Woody Allen has warm welcome at Venice film festival

Though there was consternation over his inclusion, the director has been chased by hordes of fans wanting selfies and given a standing ovation at a screening of his 50th film, Coup de Chance

The Guardian - UK

Woody Allen in Venice: #MeToo has been good for women, but cancel culture can be ‘silly’

Director attacks ‘extremes’ of movement while promoting Coup de Chance, his 50th film, at Venice film festival, as well as addressing persistent interest in historic allegations against him

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The Independent UK

Woody Allen responds to whether he feels he has been ‘cancelled’

Director’s new film ‘Coup de Chance’ premiered at Venice Film Festival over the weekend

The Guardian - UK

Venice film festival: T-shirts replace red carpet glitz as striking stars lie low

Support for the Hollywood strikes is evident as festival hopes its strong line-up makes up for lack of glamour

Evening Standard

Venice Film Festival 2023: forget the strikes, this festival thrives on the frisson of controversy

As the festival turns 80, it may be short on American A-listers, but there’s still a buzz

The Guardian - UK

‘We knew we would face insults’: Venice film festival’s Alberto Barbera on including Polanski and Allen

The artistic director discusses the US actors’ strike, reviving Venice, and this year’s controversial lineup

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Cinemablend

I Rewatched Annie Hall, And I'm So Conflicted About What Was Once One Of My Favorite Movies

I recently watched Annie Hall for the first time in quite some time, and I must say I am a little conflicted about about the Woody Allen classic.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Barbie’ haters remind me of my big Hollywood pet peeve: Anti-Kens

The most superficial beef I have with directors who are not Greta Gerwig: The pairing of schlubby or awkwardly dorky men — think Woody Allen — with conventionally attractive women.

The Guardian - UK

Serpico review – Al Pacino is at his intense best in classic 70s corrupt-cop thriller

Powerful story of disguise and alienation is led by the moral passion of Pacino’s countercultural whistleblower

Tom’s Guide

My 7 favorite new to Max movies you should watch in August 2023

Max has added an impressive selection of new movies this month — here are my 7 favorite new additions to the library.

Evening Standard

What next for Kevin Spacey? Will Hollywood welcome him back or give him the cold shoulder?

The rules about who gets back in and who doesn’t aren’t always clear

Salon

Venice to screen Polanski, Woody Allen

The three filmmakers have been accused of sexual abuse and faced several cancellation campaigns

The Guardian - UK

Venice film festival picks starry films despite actors’ strike

Hollywood films vying for Golden Lion include Bradley Cooper’s Maestro and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, with non-competition films by Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater

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