Early Woody Allen- The Slapstick years

Take the Money and Run about a completely inept criminal shot documentary style. This is the first of the early zany laugh out loud Woody Allen movies.

Woody Allen is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and awakens 200 years later in a repressive Orwellian society in Sleeper. This is our favorite of the LOL movies.

One you might have missed: In Love and Death Woody Allen takes on Russian literature, philosophy, and intellectual ponderings with one liners and comic gags.

The Golden Years- Slapstick turns to sophistication

Annie Hall is Woody Allen's masterpiece. Watch it for the story of a romance and the very funny observations on our culture, relationships and the East coast vs. West coast but as a film fan also watch for the innovative techniques used to tell the story.

Woody Allen loves New York City and he made a movie that is a valentine to the city. Shot in black and white with Gershwin on the soundtrack, Manhattan follows the intertwined romantic relationships of a group of New Yorkers.

Okay were all movie lovers here so admit it - haven't you ever fantasized that one of your favorite movie characters could jump off the screen into your life? That's what happens in The Purple Rose of Cairo.

Hannah and Her Sisters, a movie about oh yes Hannah and her sisters and their very intertwined romantic relationships and since its a Woody Allen movie also about life, death and the meaning of it all.

Can a movie be a comedy and a drama? Can it be funny but also thought provoking and philosophical? Yes it can A movie that deals with moral ambiguities and the difference of Crimes and Misdemeanors.

The Later Years

Many movies, lots of tabloid baggage and backlash and then he was back with Match Point. Woody Allen moves across the pond to England for a cool elegant romantic thriller.