Julien Pretot
By Julien Pretot
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The Schmooze Woody Allen Leads Pack at Cannes With ‘Cafe Society’
The 69th Cannes Film Festival has what it takes to be a vintage edition, with Woody Allen leading a pack of celebrated filmmakers presenting their movies to the French Riviera crowds. The May 11-22 cinema extravaganza opens on Wednesday with Allen’s “Cafe Society,” featuring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in a story of a young…
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The Schmooze Woody Allen Admits TV Series Will Be ‘Cosmic Embarrassment’
Award-winning film maker Woody Allen fears his first foray into directing for the small screen will be a disaster, saying that he should never have signed up to make a television show for Amazon.com. Amazon announced in January it had secured a deal for Allen to write and direct a series of half-hour episodes for…
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