Woody Allen

=== 2015–2019 ===
[[File:Woody Allen Cannes 2015.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Allen at the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
On January 14, 2015, [[Amazon Studios]] announced a full-season order for a half-hour [[Amazon Prime Instant Video]] series that Allen would write and direct, marking the first time he has developed a television show. Allen said of the series, "I don't know how I got into this. I have no ideas and I'm not sure where to begin. My guess is that Roy Price [the head of Amazon Studios] will regret this."<ref name="Weinstein0113">{{cite magazine |last=Weinstein |first=Shelli |title=Woody Allen to Create His First Television Series for Amazon |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 13, 2015 |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/woody-allen-to-create-his-first-television-series-for-amazon-1201403742/ |access-date = June 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113175142/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/woody-allen-to-create-his-first-television-series-for-amazon-1201403742/ |url-status=live |archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Steel0113">{{cite news|last=Steel |first=Emily |title=Amazon Signs Woody Allen to Write and Direct TV Series |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 13, 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/14/business/amazon-signs-woody-allen-to-write-and-direct-tv-series.html |access-date=January 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120000736/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/14/business/amazon-signs-woody-allen-to-write-and-direct-tv-series.html?_r=0 |archive-date=January 20, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Massa0113">{{cite news |first1=Annie|last1=Massa |first2=Spencer|last2=Soper |first3=Chris |last3=Palmeri|title= Amazon's Woody Allen Hiring Underscores Video Risk |website=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=January 13, 2015 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-13/woody-allen-to-create-his-first-tv-show-for-amazon.html |access-date = June 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113165610/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-13/woody-allen-to-create-his-first-tv-show-for-amazon.html |url-status=live|archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> At the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]], Allen said of his upcoming Amazon show: "It was a catastrophic mistake. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm floundering. I expect this to be a cosmic embarrassment."<ref>{{cite news|first=Steven|last=Zeitchik|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-cannes-woody-allen-irrational-man-premiere-emma-stone-20150515-story.html|title=Cannes 2015: Woody Allen Sings a Bleak Tune|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 15, 2015|access-date=June 18, 2015}}</ref> On September 30, 2016, [[Amazon Video]] debuted Allen's first television series production, ''[[Crisis in Six Scenes]]''. The series is a comedy set during the 1960s. It focuses on the life of a suburban family after a surprise visitor creates chaos among them. It stars Allen, [[Elaine May]], and [[Miley Cyrus]], with the latter playing a radical hippie fugitive who sells marijuana.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Chi|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/miley-cyrus-woody-allen-amazon|title=Miley Cyrus Explains Why She's in Awe of Woody Allen: 'He's Never Fake'|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|location=New York City|date=September 16, 2016|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/watch-first-clip-from-woody-allens-crisis-in-six-scenes-tv-show-w433176|title=Watch First Clip From Woody Allen's 'Crisis in Six Scenes' TV Show|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] LLC|location=New York City|date=August 8, 2016|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>

Allen's next film, ''[[Café Society (2016 film)|Café Society]]'', starred an ensemble cast, including [[Jesse Eisenberg]], [[Kristen Stewart]], and [[Blake Lively]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Jesse Eisenberg, Bruce Willis, Kristen Stewart To Star In Next Woody Allen Pic|url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/jesse-eisenberg-bruce-willis-kristen-stewart-woody-allen-1201388945/|access-date=January 28, 2016|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=March 9, 2015}}</ref> [[Bruce Willis]] was set to co-star, but was replaced by [[Steve Carell]] during filming.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jaafar|first1=Ali|last2=Hipes|first2=Patrick|title=Steve Carell Replacing Bruce Willis In Woody Allen Movie|url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/steve-carell-replaces-bruce-willis-woody-allen-movie-1201509364/|access-date=January 28, 2016|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 28, 2015}}</ref> The film is distributed by [[Amazon Studios]], and opened the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 11, 2016, the third time Allen has opened the festival.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chang|first1=Justin|last2=Keslassy|first2=Elsa|title=Cannes: Woody Allen's 'Cafe Society' to Open Film Festival|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/woody-allen-cafe-society-to-open-cannes-film-festival-1201740815/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 3, 2016|date=March 29, 2016}}</ref> Peter Bradshaw of ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave the film a positive review, writing, "The film looks ravishing, with shots of New York which recall images in Allen's great work, Manhattan, but however wonderfully composed, there is something almost touristy in both them, and in his evocation of golden age Tinseltown, like his homages to Paris and Rome. Allen brings it all together in his closing moments which conjure something unexpectedly melancholy and shrewdly judged. It has entertainment and charm."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/11/cafe-society-review-woody-allen-kristen-stewart-jesse-eisenberg|title= Café Society review – Woody Allen's amiable, if insubstantial, tribute to golden-age Hollywood|website= The Guardian|date= May 11, 2016|accessdate= August 7, 2023|last1= Bradshaw|first1= Peter}}</ref>

[[File:Cannes 2015 4.jpg|thumb|right|[[Emma Stone]], Allen, and [[Parker Posey]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2015]]
In September 2016 Allen started filming the drama film ''[[Wonder Wheel (film)|Wonder Wheel]]'', set in the 1950s in [[Coney Island]], and starring [[Kate Winslet]], [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Juno Temple]], and [[Jim Belushi]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Rebecca|last=Ford|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kate-winslet-joining-woody-allens-905062|title=Kate Winslet Joining Woody Allen's Next Film|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=June 21, 2016|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> The film served as the closing night selection at the 55th [[New York Film Festival]] on October 15, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2017/daily/woody-allens-wonder-wheel-will-close-nyff55/|title=Woody Allen's Wonder Wheel Will Close NYFF55|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=July 27, 2017}}</ref> and was theatrically released on December 1, 2017,<ref name="a">{{cite news | last=Lang | first=Brent | date=June 12, 2017 | title=Woody Allen's 'Wonder Wheel' Scores December Release | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |location=Los Angeles, California|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/woody-allen-wonder-wheel-justin-timberlake-1202462903/ | access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> as the first movie self-distributed to theaters by [[Amazon Studios]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Lang | first=Brent | date=July 27, 2017 | title=Amazon Moves Into Self-Distribution With Woody Allen's 'Wonder Wheel' | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/markets-festivals/amazon-self-distribution-woody-allen-wonder-wheel-1202508413/ |location=Los Angeles, California|access-date=July 27, 2017}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews, with critics praising Winslet's leading performance. Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "''Wonder Wheel'' isn't a comedy—on the contrary, it often feels like the most earnest kitchen-sink drama that Clifford Odets never wrote. It may or may not turn out to be an awards picture, but it's a good night out, and that's not nothing."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/wonder-wheel-review-kate-winslet-justin-timberlake-1202588390/|title= Film Review: 'Wonder Wheel'|website= Variety|date= October 13, 2017|accessdate= August 7, 2023}}</ref> In 2017, Allen received a standing ovation when he made a rare public appearance at the [[AFI Life Achievement Award|45th Annual Life Achievement Tribute]] award ceremony for [[Diane Keaton]]. Before presenting her with the award he spoke about their longtime collaboration and friendship, saying, "From the minute I met her, she was a great, great inspiration to me. Much of what I have accomplished in my life I owe for sure to her".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-makes-rare-la-appearance-at-diane-keaton-afi-event-1011793|title= Woody Allen Makes Rare L.A. Appearance at Diane Keaton AFI Event|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= June 8, 2017|access-date= May 10, 2020}}</ref>

Allen returned to filming in New York City with the romantic film ''[[A Rainy Day in New York]]'', starring [[Timothée Chalamet]], [[Selena Gomez]], [[Elle Fanning]], [[Jude Law]], [[Diego Luna]], [[Liev Schreiber]] and [[Rebecca Hall]]. The production in New York began in September 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Gregg|last=Kilday|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/diego-luna-liev-schreiber-join-woody-allens-new-movie-1037620|title=Diego Luna, Liev Schreiber Join Woody Allen's New Movie|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=September 11, 2017|access-date=September 11, 2017}}</ref> During the film's release, Chalamet, Gomez, and Hall announced, in the light of the [[Me Too movement]], that they would donate their salaries to various charities.<ref>{{cite news|first=Benjamin|last=Lee|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/04/woody-allen-dylan-farrow-metoo-movement-poster-boy|title=Woody Allen: 'I should be the poster boy for the #MeToo movement'|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London, England|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews but earned praise for its performances. In February 2019 it was announced that Amazon Studios had dropped ''A Rainy Day in New York'' and would no longer finance, produce, or distribute films with Allen. He filed a lawsuit for $68 million, alleging Amazon gave "vague reasons" to terminate the contract, dropped the film over "a 25-year old, baseless allegation", and did not make payments.<ref>{{cite web|first=Eriq|last=Gardner|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/woody-allen-sues-amazon-terminating-movie-deal-1183763|title=Woody Allen Sues Amazon for Terminating Movie Deal|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/global/woody-allen-teams-spain-mediapro-next-film-1203145968/|title=Woody Allen Teams With Spain's Mediapro for Next Film|first1=John|last1=Hopewell|date=February 22, 2019}}</ref> The case was later settled and dismissed.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vigdor|first=Neil|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/arts/woody-allen-amazon-lawsuit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110011005/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/arts/woody-allen-amazon-lawsuit.html |archive-date=2019-11-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Woody Allen and Amazon Settle Breach of Contract Lawsuit|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 9, 2019|access-date=November 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Maddaus|first=Gene|url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/woody-allen-amazon-settlement-1203399424/|title=Woody Allen Settles $68 Million Suit Against Amazon|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 9, 2019|access-date=November 17, 2019}}</ref> It was released throughout Europe beginning in July 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kinoswiat.pl/film/w-deszczowy-dzien-w-nowym-jorku/|title=W DESZCZOWY DZIEŃ W NOWYM JORKU|website=Kino Świat|access-date=June 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/movies/woody-allens-rainy-day-europe-release-date.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509210433/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/movies/woody-allens-rainy-day-europe-release-date.html |archive-date=2019-05-09 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Amazon Dropped Woody Allen's Latest Film. Europe Has Picked It Up.|last=Marshall|first=Alex|date=May 9, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 11, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> receiving mixed reviews and grossing $20 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Rainy Day in New York|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_rainy_day_in_new_york|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-rainy-day-in-new-york|title=A Rainy Day in New York Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7139936/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=A Rainy Day in New York|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref> After over a year's delay, the film was released in the U.S. on October 9, 2020, by [[MPI Media Group]] and Signature Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/woody-allens-a-rainy-day-in-new-york-to-hit-us-theaters-next-month/|title=Woody Allen's 'A Rainy Day in New York' to Hit US Theaters Next Month|website=[[TheWrap]]|first=Thom|last=Geier|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref>

In May 2019, it was announced that Allen's next film would be titled ''[[Rifkin's Festival]]'', and ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety magazine]]'' confirmed that its cast would include [[Christoph Waltz]], [[Elena Anaya]], [[Louis Garrel]], [[Gina Gershon]], [[Sergi López (actor)|Sergi López]], and [[Wallace Shawn]], and that it would be produced by Gravier Productions.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Nate|last=Nickolai|title=Woody Allen to Begin Filming New Movie This Summer|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 4, 2019|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/woody-allen-christoph-waltz-gina-gershon-spain-1203232841/}}</ref> The film was produced with Mediapro, an independent Spanish TV-film company.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Gene|last=Maddaus|url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/woody-allen-amazon-lawsuit-1203131466/|title=Woody Allen Files $68 Million Suit Against Amazon for Film Deal Breach|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|location=New York City|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref> ''Rifkin's Festival'' completed filming in October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-sets-new-film-christoph-waltz-gina-gershon-1215543|title=Woody Allen Sets New Feature With Christoph Waltz, Gina Gershon|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|date=June 4, 2019|access-date=October 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodyallenpages.com/2019/12/everything-we-know-about-rifkins-festival-woody-allens-2020-film/|title=Everything We Know About Rifkin's Festival Woody Allens 2020 film|website=Woody Allen Pages|date=December 28, 2019|access-date=March 10, 2020}}</ref> On September 18, 2020, it premiered at the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]]. It received mixed reviews, though Jessica Kiang of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "to the ravenous captive, like finding an unexpected stash of dessert".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/movies/rifkins-festival-review.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918230006/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/movies/rifkins-festival-review.html |archive-date=2020-09-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title= 'Rifkin's Festival' Review: Woody Allen Travels to Movie Memory Lane|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|date= September 18, 2020|access-date= October 21, 2020|last1= Kiang|first1= Jessica}}</ref>