18.30 22.00 24.00 3Jun Sleeper 4Jun Midnight in Paris 5Jun Stardust Memories 6Jun Love and Death 7Jun Take the Money and Run 8Jun Broadway Danny Rose
9Jun Match Point
10Jun Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex 11Jun Hannah and Her Sisters 12Jun Annie Hall
13Jun Vicky Cristina Barcelona 14Jun Manhattan
3Jun Sleeper 1973
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Marshal Brickman Cast Woody Allen Diane Keaton John Beck Mary Gregory Don Keefer
Miles Monroe, a jazz musician and owner of the Happy Carrot Health-Food store living in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, NY in 1973, is cryogenically frozen without his consent, and not revived for 200 years. The scientists who revive him are members of an underground movement: 22nd-century America seems to be a police state ruled by a dictator, about to implement a secret plan known as the “Aires Project” (sic). The underground movement hopes to use Miles as a spy to infiltrate the Aires Project, because he is the only member of this society without a known biometric identity. The authorities catch onto the scientists’ project, and arrest them; Miles escapes by disguising himself as a robot. He goes to work as a butler in the house of socialite Luna Schlosser (Diane Keaton). When Luna decides to have her “robot”’s head replaced with something more “aesthetically pleasing,” Miles has no choice but to reveal his true identity to her. Luna is shocked, frightened, and threatens to turn Miles in to the authorities. In response, he kidnaps her and goes on the run, searching for the Aires Project. Miles and Luna start to fall in love, but Miles is captured and forced to undergo brainwashing. He forgets that he comes from 1973, and becomes a complacent member of futuristic society. Meanwhile, Luna finds a group of commandorebels and joins the underground movement. The rebels kidnap Miles and force him to undergo reverse-brainwashing, whereupon he remembers his past and joins their efforts. Miles and Luna successfully infiltrate the Aires Project: they learn that the Leader was killed by a rebel bomb ten months previously, and all that survives is his nose. The nose has been kept alive, and the members of the Aires Project, mistaking Miles and Luna for doctors, want them to clone the leader from this single remaining part. Instead, Miles steals the nose and “assassinates” it by squashing it under a steamroller.
4Jun Midnight in Paris 2011
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Cast Owen Wilson Rachel McAdams Kurt Fuller Mimi Kennedy Michael Sheen
Gil, a successful but distracted Hollywood screenwriter, and his fiancée, Inez, are in Paris, vacationing with Inez’s wealthy, conservative parents. Gil is struggling to finish his first novel, which is about a man who works in a nostalgia shop, but Inez and her parents are critical and dismissive of Gil’s desire to give up his lucrative Hollywood career to write it. While Gil is considering moving to the city, Inez is intent on living in Malibu. By chance, they are joined by Inez’s friend Paul, a pseudointellectual who speaks with great authority but little actual accuracy on the history and art of the city. Inez idolizes him, but Gil, who is an ardent admirer of the Lost Generation, finds him insufferable. Paul and his wife Carol invite Inez and Gil to go dancing. Inez accepts but Gil declines and chooses to return to the hotel through the streets of Paris, eventually becoming lost. As he stops, bells chime midnight and an antique car pulls up, and the passengers dressed in 1920s clothingurge Gil to join them. They go to a bar, where Gil comes to realize that he has been transported to the 1920s, an era he admires and idolizes in the novel he is writing. He encounters Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, who take him to meet Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway agrees to show Gil’s novel to Gertrude Stein, and Gil goes to fetch his manuscript from his hotel. However, as soon as he leaves the bar, he finds he has returned to 2010. Gil attempts to bring Inez to the past with him the following night, but while they wait, she gets bored, and peevishly returns to the hotel. Just after she leaves, the clock strikes midnight and the car pulls up again, this time with Hemingway inside it.
5Jun Stardust Memories 1980
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Cast Woody Allen Charlotte Rampling Jessica Harper Marie-Christine Barrault Tony Roberts
Stardust Memories is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault and (a then-unknown) Sharon Stone in her film debut. The film is about a filmmaker who recalls his life and his loves—the inspirations for his films—while attending a retrospective of his work. Allen considers this to be one of his best films, along with The Purple Rose of Cairo and Match Point. The film is shot in black and white and is reminiscent of Federico Fellini’s 8 (1963), which it parodies. The film was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for Best Comedy written directly for screen. Allen denies that this film is autobiographical and has expressed regret that audiences interpreted it as such. “thought that the lead character was me,” the director is quoted as saying in Woody Allen on Woody Allen. “Not a fictional character but me, and that I was expressing hostility towards my audience. That was in no way the point of the film. It was about a character who is obviously having a sort of nervous breakdown and, in spite of success, has come to a point in his life where he is having a bad time.”
6Jun Love and Death 1975
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Cast Woody Allen Diane Keaton Georges Adet Frank Adu Edmond Ardisson
Despite his protestations, the aloof and politically ambivalent Boris Grushenko (Woody Allen) is gradually drawn into the Russian army during the Napoleonic invasion of Russia, and despite his cowardly ways, he becomes a war hero. This makes him a potential partner for the lovely Sonja (Diane Keaton), who has long been the woman of his dreams, but who had never been more than a friend to him. Sonja’s love had always been directed at Boris’ brother Ivan. When Ivan’s death in battle clears the way for romance, Sonja’s doubts about whether she loves Boris ensure that her relationship with Boris develops very slowly, Bit by bit, however, they fall in love and that love continually deepens. Improbably, and as a result of Sonja’s goading, Boris’ pacifist philosophies evolve into activism to the point that he and Sonja plot to assassinate Napoleon (James Tolkan), but somebody else beats them to it by minutes. Unfortunately, Boris is the one discovered at the crime scene, and he is arrested and sentenced to death. While in prison, the atheist Boris is, strangely, transformed into a man of deep religious faith and he is visited by an angel that promises to save him from the firing squad. Unfortunately, his execution does take place, leaving Boris disillusioned, and at the moment of his death, his personal philosophy has settled into the realization that love and death are the true essence of the human experience, and that embracing deep religious and metaphysical philosophies, while intellectually stimulating, is an ultimately meaningless, fanciful pursuit. Despite his protestations, the aloof and politically ambivalent Boris Grushenko (Woody Allen) is gradually drawn into the Russian army during the Napoleonic invasion of Russia, and despite his cowardly ways, he becomes a war hero. This makes him a potential partner for the lovely Sonja (Diane Keaton), who has long been the woman of his dreams, but who had never been more than a friend to him.
7Jun Take the Money and Run 1969
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Mickey Rose Cast Woody Allen Janet Margolin Marcel Hillaire Jacquelyne Hyde Lonny Chapman
When Woody Allen’s fans refer to his “earlier, funnier” pictures, they often cite his directorial debut as a shining example. Co-written by Allen and Mickey Rose, this sidesplitting takeoff of crime documentaries stars Allen as Virgil Starkwell, a sweetly inept career criminal. The film’s most celebrated sequence involves Virgil’s inability to write coherent holdup notes (“I have a gub”), but others include Virgil’s losing battle with a recalcitrant coke machine and his misguided effort to emulate John Dillinger by carving a gun out of a bar of soap (his weapon disintegrates in a heavy rain). As was often the case in Allen’s early films, not all the gags work, but for the most part, Take the Money and Run is a delight, enhanced by the on-target supporting performances of Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire, and Louise Lasser, as well as the energetic musical score of Marvin Hamlisc.
8Jun Broadway Danny Rose 1984
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Cast Woody Allen Nick Apollo Forte Mia Farrow Milton Berle Sandy Barron
A smaller, amusing comedy from Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose begins with a bunch of show business vets sitting around a table at New York’s Carnegie Deli and reminiscing about the legendary titular character, a loser of an agent who would represent anyone, including blind xylophonists, piano-playing birds, and has-been crooners with drinking problems. Allen plays Rose as a befuddled, warm-hearted schlub who finally has a shot at getting somewhere when he signs washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova and nearly brings his career back to life. Danny gets him a date at the Waldorf, where Milton Berle is in the audience, looking for guests for his TV special. Canova has a complicated love life, juggling both a wife and a girlfriend. so he enlists Danny to take the girlfriend, Tina Vitale, to the concert. But Canova and Tina have a fight, she goes back to her Mafioso boyfriend, and Danny winds up getting chased halfway around New York and New Jersey by the Mob. And of course, once Canova gets his big break, he dumps Danny for another agent. Allen, Forte, and especially Farrow all do strong work with characters that could have easily become stereotypes, and the film has a lighter, warmer touch than the Allen films that preceded it.
9Jun Match Point 2005
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Mickey Rose Cast Scarlett Johansson Jonathan Rhys Meyers Paul Kaye Alexander Amstrong Matthew Goode
Chris Wilton is an ambitious tennis player who can’t be bothered to work hard to succeed, although he could have been a real pro. To make ends meet and have the opportunity of meeting wealthy people, he works as a tennis trainer in a high-end London tennis club. He teaches Tom Hewett, and becomes quite friendly with him. That’s where he starts dating Chloe Hewett, Tom’s sister, a boring but willing wealthy girl who falls for him. She’s immediately seduced by his witty charm. During some of the family occasions he has to attend to while going out with Chloe, Chris comes to talk to and appreciate blonde American Nola Rice, a struggling actress who has a cocky and selfish confidence when out of stage but who seems to mess it up every time she is in for an audition. Nola is the girlfriend of Chloe’s only brother Tom, and his parents Alec and Eleanor disapprove of her. Nola acknowledges that, but she knows that the Hewett parents are keen on Chris, especially because some time ago, Chloe was about to run away with a young squatter, so they think that Chris is a safe option. In a conversation after Nola has auditioned for a theatre part - albeit disastrously, once again - Nola says that the only problem which could prevent Chris marrying into the Hewetts’ money is if he made a pass at her. In spite of the fact that Chris knows it’s true, he can’t resist Nola. They kiss and go out together and make love, while he starts working in an office, a job he got because Chloe asked her father to give Chris a job. A short time afterwards, Chloe and Chris become engaged and they marry. Nola and Tom end up splitting up, though. He starts dating a cousin-in-firstdegree of his, a match which is highly approved by the parents of both parties. Chris does well in the office, the company pays for his master studies in Economics and he is promoted. He keeps on seeing Nola, but the relationship starts to become a problem as she is becoming more and more demanding.
10Jun Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex 1972
Director Woody Allen Writer David Reuben Woody Allen Cast Woody Allen John Carradine Lou Jacobi Louisse Lasser Anthony Quayle
Woody Allen’s in-name-only adaptation of the once notorious sexual reference guide by Dr. David Reuben contains seven episodes based on “helpful” questions answered in the book. In “Do Aphrodisiacs Work?”, Allen appears as a court jester who uses a love potion to spark the erotic interests of the Queen. “What Is Sodomy?” stars Gene Wilder as a doctor who throws away his marriage, career, and position in the community when he falls madly in love with an Armenian sheep named Daisy. “Why Do Some Women Have Trouble Reaching Orgasm?” is a parody of stylish Italian films of the ‘60s in which a slick playboy discovers his wife can climax only when they make love in public places. In “Are Transvestites Homosexuals?,” Sam has his little secret revealed at a most inopportune moment. “What Are Sex Researchers Actually Accomplishing?” features John Carradine in a great parody of his mad-scientist roles as Dr. Bernardo, whose research into human sexuality has led to a fearsome mutation -- a 50-foot tall female breast! “What Are Sexual Perversions?” takes us to a broadcast of the popular game show What’s My Perversion?, in which Jack Barry leads a panel of celebrities in guessing the erotic obsessions of their guests. And “What Happens During Ejaculation?” takes the audience inside the body of a man in the throes of passion; The Brain guides the body’s functions, with the help of his assistant, while Allen plays a nervous sperm cell not sure if he can make the big jump. While the quality of the episodes is uneven, the best rank with the funniest moments of Allen’s career, especially Gene Wilder’s touching romance with the sheep and the final sequence inside the male body.
11Jun Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Cast Mia Farrow Barbara Hershey Carrie Fisher Michael Caine Dianne Wiest
The story is told in three main arcs, with almost all of it occurring during a 12-month period beginning and ending at Thanksgiving parties hosted by Hannah and her husband, Elliot. Hannah serves as the stalwart hub of the narrative; her own story as a successful actress (a recent success as Nora in A Doll’s House) is somewhat secondary, but most of the events of the film connect to her. An adulterous romance between Elliot and one of Hannah’s sisters, Lee, provides the main romantic entanglement of the film. Elliot’s discontent with his wife’s selfsufficiency and resentment of her emotional strength causes him to look elsewhere. Lee has lived for five years with a reclusive artist, Frederick. She finds her relationship with Frederick no longer intellectually or sexually stimulating, in spite of (or maybe because of) Frederick’s professed interest in continuing to teach her. She leaves Frederick, much to his sorrow, and has a secret affair with Elliot lasting for several months. Mickey, another of Allen’s neurotic characters, provides the comic relief. Parts of his story are scenes from his previous marriage to Hannah and his horrible date with the cocaine-addicted Holly, shown in flashbacks. Mickey’s main story is one of a hypochondriac confronting the possibility of an actual serious disease. After a clean bill of health, it turns into a career-pausing existential crisis, and leads to unsatisfying experiments with religious conversion to Catholicism and Krishna Consciousness, before a long walk and the fortuitous opportunity to see again the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup help to remind him why life is worth living. The revelation helps prepare him for a second date with Holly, which this time blossoms quickly into a relationship and marriage. Holly’s story is the film’s third main arc. She’s an unsuccessful actress who dabbles in a catering business, funded by Hannah.
12Jun Annie Hall 1976
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Marshall Brickman Cast Woody Allen Diane Keaton Tony Roberts Carol Kane Paul Simon
Annie Hall is a film about a comedian, Alvy Singer (Woody Allen), who falls in love with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). Both of the characters are completely different but both strikingly entertaining and unusual. Alvy is an extreme pessimist that obsesses over the subject of death and has very sarcastic and cynical views about the world and the people around him. Annie is a ditsy and clumsy talented singer and photographer. When Alvy and Annie meet for the first time they are instantly attracted to each other and as a result their conversations are awkward but never the less adorable. The film takes you through the couple’s love lives, before and after their relationship. Alvy often comes out of the scene he is in to talk directly to the audience about his views on whatever situation he is in. Alvy Singer is a neurotic comedian who desperately wants to analyze his relationship with his former girlfriend Annie Hall. The beginning is romantic. Then problems arise. He is not too enthusiastic about her idea of moving in with him, and leaving her apartment. He dislikes her habit of smoking weed before having sex and her lack of education. After she enrolls in adult education classes, she soon gets attracted to a professor. Alvy and Annie break up in a fight. He tries to calm down and starts a new relationship but with no success. After a while she calls him and they start again, convinced they will make it this time. Everything looks wonderful. But soon they both reveal to their shrinks that the relationship has gone sour again. After visiting California they break up, peacefully this time. Alvy is proud about their calm transition from relationship to friendship. He tries to date another woman but again with no success. He gets a panic attack and flies to California where Annie is in a happy relationship. She rejects him. He gets so upset that he ends up in jail. After coming back to New York he writes a play about their relationship, but with a happy ending. He meets her again later in New York with some other guy.
13Jun Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Cast Scarlett Johansson Penelope Cruz Javier Bardem Rebecca Hall Kevin Dunn
Woody Allen’s romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona stars Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson as best friends Vicky and Cristina. As the movie opens, the pair of twentysomethings travel to Barcelona so that Vicky can work on her post-graduate degree. The two meet the charming artist Juan Antonio, who offers to take them on a vacation and make love to them. Vicky, being a happily engaged young woman, refuses, but Cristina is eager for this life experience. A love triangle begins to coalesce, and things grow more complicated when Juan Antonio’s passionate, unstable ex, Maria Elena, arrives to stay after a suicide attempt.
14Jun Manhattan 1979
Director Woody Allen Writer Woody Allen Marshall Brickman Cast Woody Allen Diane Keaton Michael Murphy Mariel Hemingway Maryl Streep
The film opens with a montage of images of Manhattan accompanied by George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. TV writer Isaac Davis, is introduced as a man writing a book about his love for New York City. He is a twice-divorced 42-year-old dealing with the women in his life, who gives up his unfulfilling job as a comedy writer. He is dating Tracy, a 17-year old high school girl. His best friend Yale, married to Emily is having an affair with Mary Wilkie; her ex-husband and former teacher Jeremiah also appears. Isaac’s lesbian ex-wife, Jill, is writing a confessional book about their marriage. When Isaac meets Mary, he immediately takes a dislike to her. Isaac runs into her again at an Equal Rights Amendment fund raising event at the Museum of Modern Art and he walks her home. Mary asks to go out with him for a Sunday afternoon when Yale is unavailable. They stay out all night until dawn culminating in the iconic shot of Queensboro Bridge. Isaac continues his relationship with Tracy. He also encourages her to pursue an educational opportunity in London. In another iconic scene, at Tracy’s request, they go on a carriage ride through Central Park. Yale breaks up with Mary feeling he can’t ruin his marriage over her. At the Squash court, Yale suggests Isaac ask her out. Isaac does, always having felt Tracy is too young for him. Isaac breaks up with Tracy much to her dismay. After several meetings between the two couples, including one where Emily reads out portions of Jill’s book on her marriage with Isaac, Yale and Mary resume their relationship with Yale spliting with Emily. A betrayed Isaac confronts Yale at his job, but he says he found Mary first.