“Broadway Danny Rose” (1984) is Woody Allen’s love letter to his standup comedy days. He plays the titular manager of has-been and never-was stage acts
“Just deal with it” is my knee-jerk response to celebrities who complain about the price of fame. But in “Stardust Memories” (1980), Sandy Bates –
In “The Boomerang Clue” (1934), as with the 1922 Tommy and Tuppence novel “The Secret Adversary,” Agatha Christie uses the mystery format to write a
I’ve been reading a fair amount of old books lately (as readers of my Sleuthing Sundays series know) and I notice characters often pause for
I can tell from “What’s New Pussycat” (1965) that Woody Allen has a background in stand-up comedy and theater. His knack for peppering set-ups and
“The Murder on the Links” (1923) might seem like the perfect Agatha Christie book to pair with a weekend in front of the TV watching
Without peeking ahead at the reviews, I’m guessing “The Mysterious Mr. Quin” (1930) inspires a wide range of opinions among Agatha Christie fans. It’s certainly
“A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy” (1982) is a good example of how Woody Allen’s B-game is better than most writer-directors’ B-game, but it also makes
From the early shot of Bill Murray’s Bob Harris riding through Tokyo in a cab while Girls’ “Death in Vegas” plays, “Lost in Translation” (2003)
Woody Allen isn’t known as a commercial filmmaker, but “Manhattan” (1979) is – at least at first blush – an example of giving people what