I’ve always liked Woody Allen more as a New York character than as a filmmaker. He’s made plenty of enjoyable entertainments. I seem to prefer the ones no one else likes. But can everyone please own up to the fact his recent “British” films are just plain awful? Talk about a fish out of water! Nevertheless, there’s always a few good zingers in every one of Woody’s films and that, as they say, ain’t chopped liver.
1965 What’s Up, Tiger Lily? ***
1969 Take the Money and Run ***
1971 Bananas ***
1972 Everything You’ve Always Wanted to know About Sex ***
1973 Sleeper ***
1975 Love and Death ***
1977 Annie Hall ***1/2
1978 Interiors ***
1979 Manhattan ***1/2
1980 Stardust Memories ***
1982 A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy ***
1983 Zelig ***
1983 Broadway Danny Rose ***
1984 The Purple Rose of Cairo ***
1986 Hannah and Her Sisters ***1/2
1987 Radio Days ****
1987 September ***
1988 Another Woman ***
1989 New York Stories *** (segment)
1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors ***
1990 Alice ***
1992 Shadows and Fog ***
1992 Husbands and Wives ***
1993 Manhattan Murder Mystery ***
1994 Bullets Over Broadway ***
1994 Don’t Drink the Water ***
1995 Mighty Aphrodite ***1/2
1996 Everyone Says I Love You ***1/2
1997 Deconstructing Harry ***
1998 Celebrity ***1/2
1999 Sweet and Lowdown ****
2000 Small Time Crooks ***1/2
2001 The Curse of Jade Scorpion ***1/2
2002 Hollywood Ending ***
2003 Anything Else ***1/2
2004 Melinda and Melinda ***
2005 Match Point ***
2006 Scoop ***
2007 Cassandra’s Dream ***
2008 Vicki Christina Barcelona ***1/2
2009 Whatever Works ***1/2
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger ***
2011 Midnight in Paris ****
2012 To Rome With Love ***
2013 Blue Jasmine ***1/2
2014 Magic in the Moonlight ***