The Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast

Welcome back ladies and gents to another episode of Woody Adjacent!   This time we come back to our Ai Companion's recommendation of the very well loved movie: Get Shorty (1995)   As well as talking about the original 1995 film adaptation, we also get into a discussion on the much HATED sequel 'Be Cool' (2005) and lastly the more recent fresh TV adaptation created in 2017   It's always interesting...

The Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast is very excited to present our long awaited discussion for Woodys 2023 French Feature: Coup de Chance   During this episode we also had a great time reacting to a screening press conference for the movie where Woody answered many burning questions we had regarding the making of the movie - please find the link below for the conference in full and the many othe...

On this episode we are doing a supporter request from our ongoing patreon campign.   In truth, we get quite a few requests for Woody Allen Adjacent that don't quite fit the bill, but in this case we just could not ignore the ensemble cast and woody like setting - a worthy candidate for this project from the outset.....   How did we feel about it though?    >_<   lets see...   In Queens Logic...

A very happy new year 2024 to all our fellow listeners and subscribers!   Today we are starting the year off with a bigger project from our co-host James, as it is his month of choice for the decided movie discussion. As such, James has chosen a British movie series that is a recut of an existing television series focusing on two comedians playing fictional versions of themselves. Its a fun one to...

A very happy new year 2024 to all of you from all of us here at The Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast!   To start the year off.. and by popular demand mind you :) - James has finally given us a SOLO discussion for his top 10 Woody Allen Films!   If you want a refresher on what Don and Simon picked as their favs from a couple of years back - check out the previous discussion we had on that using th...

We are here at the very END of 2023 with our last Adjacent release!   If you have been keeping up with us in recent months we have been hinting at using Ai as a 3rd source of research in choosing our adjacent picks. We have 65 movies.. one for every year since 1969.    James randomly got a 10 from our adjacent list choice picker.. and that means today we are going to talk about.....   In 1978's Ca...

Thanks for checking out another edition of NWA (Not Woody Actually)   On this episode Don stumbles out an explanation of using Ai to help with more Adjacent content, we officially launch our Ko-fi page, James jumps on to answer a great question about the recently passed actor  Matthew Perry.. and thats pretty much it for this edition, a short one but i think we hit all the points we needed to on t...

Back with some more Woody Adjacent... and today we discuss a movie we are shocked we didn't even hear about given the talent involved - lets dig in!   In Maybe I Do (2023) a young couple's plans for marriage become upended when they discover that their parents have been secretly carrying on an affair. The couple must also come to terms with their own differing reflections on the prospect of marria...

On this episode of Woody Adjacent, James brings us what seemed like a great recommendation ..only to find not only disappointment but some unfortunate behind the scenes details that still lead to a great conversation regardless :)   Fools Paradise (2023) tells the story of a mute man recently released from a mental health facility. This man looks just like a famous method actor that refuses to lea...

On this episode of Woody Adjacent, we tackle a listener request for a movie released this very year and dare we say this one really brought some heavy Woody Allen vibes!   We also want to give a massive shoutout to our new patreon supporter PAUL STICKNEY! THANK YOU GOOD SIR...    You Hurt Our Feelings (2023) is a comedy-drama film about a novelist's marriage that is somewhat upended when she overh...

On this episode of Woody Adjacent, James has chosen another Steve Martin film which is often hailed as one of his greatest and we had an interesting conversation about it - sadly the technical issues persist with the audio as we now deal with a recent bug caused by an apple update which we are still striving to fix   ThanksThe Jerk (1979) is a slapstick comedy film about a man who is born an idiot...

Welcome back to another episode of Woody Allen Adjacent   Today we are talking about a Rom-Com that hits all the typical beats that was made in the turn of the century with Actors that have come a massively long way since this feature - maybe nobodys seen it but it's Don's choice of the month   In Love and Sex (2000) Kate Welles (Famke Janssen), a sharp-witted journalist known for her explicit art...

We are BACK with another delightful conversation for Woody Adjacent   Apologies for the continued technical issues hitting us on this episode. Editing couldn't quite fix annoying microphone peaking, echoing and some artifacting from Zoom  >_<  We are still working out some annoying lil bugs while using our newer machines that will be straightened out sooner rather than later but alas enough...

Thanks for checking out our first edition of NWA (Not Woody Actually)   We had an idea to do a show like this but this was kind of forced upon us due to technical issues with our normal adjacent recordings   Our Patreon Page   https://www.patreon.com/woodyretro   Coup de Chance Not At Cannes https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2023/4/hdf6j0c29c9r4b6sg7r0ewiusrb1sf   My Lie - The Story By Meredith Mar...

Welcome back to another episode of Woody Allen Adjacent here on the Retrospective Podcast!   Today we are talking about another movie from the 90's.. a very very small movie with a hugely celebrated actor..   We have some fun suggestions on what Woody Allen Movies he could have done well in since his actual planned movie role with Woody Fell through in the mid 2000's which was quite unfortunate  ...

Welcome back to another episode of Woody Allen Adjacent!   We want to give a massive thank you to one of our wonderful listeners: PAUL STICKNEY who recommended we give the works of Edward Burns a look as a good match for future adjacent talks!   Edward Burns seems to be most celebrated for his first directorial movie: The Brothers McMullen but before we get to that one i thought lets take a side s...

Welcome back to another episode of Woody Allen Adjacent!   This month we are talking about one of the worlds most celebrated comedic actors who has some really interesting parallels to Woody Allen - this movie in particular seems to be a jokey-poke love letter to a city very close to his heart that, of course, we have a good ol' conversation about   In L.A. Story (1991) Harris K. Telemacher (Steve...

Wishing everybody a very happy new year 2023 to all our humble listeners / wonderful subscribers!   Woody Allen Adjacent is back for another year of great debate and discussion while we await another official woody release - starting the year off with a somewhat fantasy / slice of life romantic drama.. where we had to ask ourselves.. can ONE scene determine the flow of an entire movie? o_0   In Ru...

Seasons Greetings All!   We are still recovering from the jolliest of seasons.. and that horrible trip we shared with Alex on our last discussion >_<   But today we are going to talk about one of the most celebrated Romantic Comedy's of all time.. right up there with Anne Hall in our humble opinion   I called it low hanging fruit for a discussion.. that doesn't mean the fruit itself is not o...

Welcome back to another episode of Woody Adjacent - Tis the season to be jolly and give you a DOUBLE release this month   Todays movie up for discussion was actually another request put forward to us by our friends at the Woody Allen Subreddit   It was quite the experience.. lol - i hope you can appreciate the conversation.. even if we get some coal in our stockings for our thoughts :P   In Alex I...

Welcome back to another episode of Woody Adjacent!   Todays movie up for discussion is one that seems to have fallen by the waste-side in terms of awareness.. which is extremely surprising given the cast on deck here giving all around good performances... what happened here?!? ...and why is the rotten tomatoes score so harsh on this one.. truly a head-scratcher to us :/   Well i guess we'll have t...

We are BACK with a discussion for a movie that was put forward to us by our friends and supporters over from  the woody allen subreddit - thanks for the recommendation guys :P   This feature.. for better or worst.. is a truly memorable experience that we had a very explorative conversation on.. yeah.. big words for a mammoth of an experience... so get ready to listen to us discuss   In Synecdoche,...

Today on Adjacent we, once again, delve back into the 90's for a much smaller release - centring on an all black cast, which.. for its time.. tells a bit more of a slice of life type story.   Rather than what black cinema was highlighting at the time... its sort of refershing to see this one rose to some minor acclain - and of course.. a Woody Allen resemblance can be seen.. which is why we are ta...

On this episode of adjacent we have 2 returning actors from different projects we have already discussed before joinging forces in what some would call an unlikely alliance?   In particular, we highlight Julie Delpy as the writer and director of this release which was a very pleasant surprise    Certainly, an interesting pick for this months discussion! - so let's crack on and talk about:   2012's...

On this recording we are going to discuss a title with very familiar faces, adapted from an early 2000's play, touted about in London for a while - where the same actors themselves performed the material before transforming it to the big screen for this film!   Admittedly, not the most likeable story narrative.. but as always, it fostered a great conversation.. with lots to ponder   Sooooo lets di...