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Friday, 2022 Febuary 4th
issue 13

special edition

bustin’ the blacklist

The First 491/3 of Woody Allen’s Movies

a brief primer on themes, genres, techniques, periods, crews, ratings, & rankings

The First 49 1 / 3 of Woody Allen’s Movies astounding masterpieces (top tier) superbly excellent movies (2nd tier) extremely good movies (3rd tier) quite good movies (4th tier) fairly good movies (5th tier) slightly good movies (6th tier) somewhat interesting (7th tier) nearly merely diverting (8th tier) 35 1 / 3 comedies 2 drama- cum -comedies 12 dramas 1969 1971 1972 1973 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 #48 #47 #42 #43 #38 #4 #35 #1 #7 #40 #32 #29 #28 #3 #9 #41 #33 #17 #38v #10 #12 #15 #23 #6 #49 #11 #5 #19 #14 #31 #36 #34 #30 #44 #26 #16 #39 #13 #8 #25 #18 #20 #45 #2 #37 #21 #27 #24 #46 #22 Woody Allen’s 1st moviemaking period the farcical period, 1969-1975 (5 comedies) Woody Allen’s 2nd moviemaking period the comedic masterpieces period, 1977-1998 (19 1 / 3 comedies) (1 drama- cum -comedy) (3 dramas) Woody Allen’s 3rd moviemaking period the interregnum period, 1999-2004 (4 comedies) (1 drama- cum -comedy) (1 drama) Woody Allen’s 4th moviemaking period the dramatic masterpieces period, 2005-2013 (4 comedies) (5 dramas) Woody Allen’s 5th moviemaking period the most recent period, 2014-2020 (so far) (3 comedies, so far) (3 dramas, so far) #48 #47 #42 #43 #38 #4 #35 #1 #7 #40 #32 #29 #28 #3 #9 #41 #33 #17 #38v #10 #12 #15 #23 #6 #49 #11 #5 #19 #14 #31 #36 #34 #30 #44 #26 #16 #39 #13 #8 #25 #18 #20 #45 #2 #37 #21 #27 #24 #46 #22 34th best comedy (1969) Take the Money and Run 33rd best comedy (1971) Bananas 28th best comedy (1972) Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) 29th best comedy (1973) Sleeper 25th best comedy (1975) Love and Death 3rd best comedy masterpiece (1977) Annie Hall 11th best drama (1978) Interiors greatest comedy masterpiece (1979) Manhattan 6th best comedy masterpiece (1980) Stardust Memories 27th best comedy (1982) A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy 21st best comedy (1983) Zelig 19th best comedy (1984) Broadway Danny Rose 18th best comedy (1985) The Purple Rose of Cairo 2nd best comedy masterpiece (1986) Hannah and Her Sisters 7th best comedy masterpiece (1987) Radio Days 12th best drama (1987) September 10th best drama (1988) Another Woman ranked just behind 25th best comedy (1989) Oedipus Wrecks (a vignette; one of three that comprise the anthology movie New York Stories ) greatest drama- cum -comedy masterpiece (1989) Crimes and Misdemeanors 8th best comedy masterpiece (1990) Alice or (original working title) The Magical Herbs of Dr. Yang 10th best comedy masterpiece (1991) Shadows and Fog 12th best comedy masterpiece (1992) Husbands and Wives 16th best comedy (1993) Manhattan Murder Mystery 5th best comedy masterpiece (1994) Bullets over Broadway 35th best comedy (1994) Don’t Drink the Water (a made-for-TV movie; the only one) 9th best comedy masterpiece (1995) Mighty Aphrodite 4th best comedy masterpiece (1996) Everyone Says I Love You (a musical comedy; the only musical) 13th best comedy masterpiece (1997) Deconstructing Harry 11th best comedy masterpiece (1998) Celebrity 9th best drama (1999) Sweet and Lowdown 23rd best comedy (2000) Small Time Crooks 22nd best comedy (2001) The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 20th best comedy (2002) Hollywood Ending 30th best comedy (2003) Anything Else 2nd best drama- cum -comedy (2004) Melinda and Melinda 4th best drama masterpiece (2005) Match Point 26th best comedy (2006) Scoop 3rd best drama masterpiece (2007) Cassandra’s Dream 2nd best drama masterpiece (2008) Vicky Cristina Barcelona 17th best comedy (2009) Whatever Works 5th best drama masterpiece (2010) You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 14th best comedy (2011) Midnight in Paris 31st best comedy (2012) To Rome with Love greatest drama masterpiece (2013) Blue Jasmine 24th best comedy (2014) Magic in the Moonlight 6th best drama (2015) Irrational Man 8th best drama (2016) Café Society 7th best drama (2017) Wonder Wheel 32nd best comedy (2018) A Rainy Day in New York 15th best comedy (2020) Rifkin’s Festival

contents

The Periods & Moviemaking Path of the Artist

The Critical Creative Contributors & Crews

Themes, Visions, Conceptions, Explorations, Genres, Styles, Tools, & Techniques

tracing the intricately interwoven skeins & threads & tapestries with  the editors

Playing the Parlor Game
Estimating & Investigating, Debating & Evaluating, Ranking & Rating the Movies

by  Fred Krumbein

Smacking the Blackballing, Cracking the Blacklist

by  the editorial board

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