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OPINION - Keir Starmer vows to do levelling up, but better. Will voters buy it?

It is a joke told and retold with such regularity that I'm a little self-conscious about resorting to it so early in a newsletter. Woody Allen says it best as Alvy Singer in the 1977 film, Annie Hall:

Evening Standard

Matthew Perry's will leaves almost £1 million in trust named after Woody Allen character

The actor died in October aged 54

Evening Standard

A Different Man review – Adam Pearson shines in oddball Doppelganger parable

The Under the Skin actor is a standout in a story starring Sebastian Stan as a man whose appearance is transformed by surgery

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The 32 best '70s movies

With "New Hollywood" in full swing, director-driven works reflected a morally ambiguous atmosphere

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Woody Allen's 50th film, Coup de Chance, to hit theaters

Discover Woody Allen's 50th film, Coup de Chance, a murder and intrigue tale set in Paris. Despite controversy, critics are praising it as his best in years.

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OPINION - Kemi Badenoch may be part of the 'Evil Plotters' WhatsApp group but she has an audacious plan

In her maiden Commons speech in 2017, Kemi Badenoch, quoting Woody Allen, said that democracy was like sex: “If it’s not messy, you’re not doing it right”. Seven years on, Conservative politics could hardly be messier.

Evening Standard

‘Entirely astounding’: Emma Stone’s star continues to rise with Poor Things

Critics have been falling over themselves trying to describe Stone’s latest performance, which is heavily tipped to land her a fourth Oscar nomination

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Poor Things, Anyone But You, Wish: the biggest films coming to Australia on Boxing Day

Misbehaving mallards, chiselled leading men and Disney in decline … here’s our guide to what’s about to hit a screen near you

The Guardian - AU

Andy Serkis on his ‘shocking’ new play, AI and cancellation: ‘I defy anyone not to tap their foot to Michael Jackson. Your body won’t let you cancel him’

The actor and director goes to the pub to tell Patrick Smith why he thinks ‘Ulster American’ might start a riot, how his ‘Animal Farm’ will land in a Britain that has abandoned democratic principles and why America faces another catastrophe if Trump takes power

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The 32 best '70s movies

With "New Hollywood" in full swing, director-driven works reflected a morally ambiguous atmosphere

Total Film

No country for old men? Why Miyazaki, Loach and Scott can’t stop making movies

Together with Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, long celebrated film directors are proving that entering their ninth decade and beyond is no barrier to ambition

The Guardian - UK

My, my! How Napoleon Bonaparte is still influencing pop culture more than 200 years after his death

In Ridley Scott’s 2023 epic, Joaquin Phoenix becomes the latest actor to portray Napoleon, joining an group that includes Marlon Brando, Danny DeVito and Rowan Atkinson. The tiny tyrant remains a subject of fascination (and mockery) on screen, writes Martin Chilton

The Independent UK

Emma Stone’s 20 best performances – ranked!

Ahead of her 35th birthday and the release of Poor Things, which she co-produced, we assess Stone’s key roles from the critically mauled depths to the Oscar-winning heights

The Guardian - UK

Woman who spent 15 years getting revenge on ‘rude’ stranger responds to backlash

Woman went viral when she used fake Facebook accounts to send someone spoilers for his favourite TV shows

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Woman responds to backlash over her 15-year revenge on a man

Woman went viral when she used fake Facebook accounts to send someone spoilers for his favourite TV shows

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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…

The Independent UK

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

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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 Week

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 Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

Evening Standard

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’

The Independent UK

‘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’

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