Hannah and Her Sisters may be Woody Allen’s best film. It’s warm, funny, and decidedly poignant in both its themes and its execution. The film is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, and in honor of that, it’s time to take a look back at it and its relationship with one of Allen’s favorite subjects: death. Death …
Dorfman Directed by Bradley Leong Written by Wendy Kout USA, 2011 After her mother dies, Deb Dorfman (Sara Rue), a timid accountant, has to live with her perpetually grumpy father (Elliot Gould) in the San Fernando Valley. A hopeless romantic, Deb is irreparably enraptured with Jay (Johann Urb), her brother’s war-zone reporter friend. When …
Originally Posted in Creative Loafing Tampa. Very few filmmakers are known for their casting power. Woody Allen may be one of the best. He is always great at getting Hollywood’s biggest movie stars and the latest indie up and comers into his films (and with perfect timing). He worked with Sally Hawkins and Samantha Morton right …