god yes, the stories they could tell about that production…

Perhaps it's more TV directing rather than acting what has improved…

Later on revisionist scholars will claim you and Biff were actually great pals. Like Biff and Jim before the chicken run.

Yeah, James Garner and Angie Dickinson investigated UFO related crimes. Didn't last.

Yeah, no comedic actor is at risk of being stolen his career by Penn, but I think the film as a whole works. Samantha Morton is a wonder to behold, and one has to give credit to Allen for creating such character that late in the game. I love how she refuses to be reduced to the role of victim, as in the scene when…

He feels mostly bored at times, like having a yearly chore that doesn't make much sense anymore but has to perform all the same.
Also, this is pure speculation, but I guess he misses when his films were much loved, and keeps trying to recapture that magic by revisiting similar stories and forms. Also the fact that…

Absolutely. I's incredibly funny, and it has the sweetest ending ever. That's how romantic comedies should be made…

Huh, if Allen was going the autobiographical road it's pretty bleak, since the protagonist ends up realizing he's ruined his life by blowing the one true love in his life…

I disliked Sweet and Lowdown on first viewing, but afterwards came to love it, especially for Samantha Morton. The ending is pretty glum for what's supposed to be a comedy.

I'm not crazy about it either. And the Buñuel joke is funny but only at the expense of making Buñuel a square, when he was even weirder than Dali when he was younger. But I admit I'm nitpicking…

You're probably right. The break up with Farrow was the major creative disaster. Though to my taste he was already showing signs of decline in Alice. But again, I admit that's arguable.

The number of bad ones feels higher because they're closer. And unfortunately he keeps adding on. I'm hoping he'll never make a film worse than Anything Else.

Also Alda is one of the best comedy actors Allen's ever worked with, so that helps too. He all but ran away with Manhattan Murder Mystery…

Count the years. :)

I saw Love and Death later than most of his early stuff and wasn't as amused as I expected. I Like Crimes and Misdemeanors, but it's not among my favourites. I keep thinking Allen was more profound and witty in his comedies than in his more earnest stuff..

Genji's right, is awfully hard to choose a favourite. I love both the silly stuff and the more sophisticated ones he did later on. My personal favourite is Broadway Danny Rose, but Bananas has some of the best jokes ever, and Take the Money and Run is a perfect mockumentary. Oh and Midsummer Night Sex Comedy doesn't…

Ford is allegedly infamous for such practice, and probably other old-school directors. Perhaps actors with bad working experiences feel they're being picked on like that… Or maybe it's all true. Who knows.

Hmm, still, I'd bet in fifty years more film-loving people will remember Allen better than Willis.

Sam Shepard was fired from September. Not a lot of fond memories when they ask him about it.

It is a beautiful poster indeed. It always depresses me the state of contemporary movie posters.