Woody Allen

With over 40 films to his name and at least four distinct “style phases” evident throughout his long career, Woody Allen was one of very few American filmmakers who could rightly be labeled an auteur. From the irreverent absurdity of his early satires to his chronicles of neurotic New York artists and conflicted European romantics, Allen’s obsessions with the yearning for beauty, the balm of psychiatry, intellectual and professional acceptance, and Judaism vs. the elusive WASP world were never far beneath the surface. Unique among contemporary independent filmmakers, Allen had a constant