‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Trailer: Woody Allen’s Latest Follows A Troubled Marriage At A Film Festival

Guy Lodge Film CriticMort Rifkin, the ostensible novelist at the center of “Rifkin’s Festival,” has longterm writer’s block, and it’s hard to imagine that Woody Allen has ever empathized less with a character. Where Mort believes it’s futile to write if the finished work is not going to be on the level of Dostoevsky, the 84-year-old Allen continues churning out screenplays on an annual basis, unencumbered even by the increasingly distant memory of his own greatest work.

Woody Allen’s online/on-site press conference for “Rifkin’s Festival,” which world premiered on Friday at the San Sebastian Festival, was probably as much for Allen’s career at large as his latest movie in particular.Opening the festival, and set at the San Sebastian Festival – with at least one scene set in the very Kursaal Center auditorium where the press then caught the film – the movie was received with genteel applause at its end, as well as guffaws at choice gags.The most obvious delight for the mostly local audience at the Friday’s press screening was also the subject Allen warmed to most in a subsequent press conference: the homage paid by “Rifkin’s Festival” to San Sebastian at large and, more specifically, to its festival.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe 68th edition of Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival gets underway tonight with the world premiere screening of Rifkin’s Festival, Woody Allen’s latest movie.The filmmaker was unable to jet into the fest due to ongoing pandemic disruption, appearing at the opening press conference via video link from New York. While San Seb won’t have its usual cohort of A-list names, several recognizable faces are heading to Spain in the coming days, including Johnny Depp, Viggo Mortensen, and Matt Dillon, with most of the guests arriving from Europe.Rifkin’s Festival is set during a fictional edition of the San Sebastian fest and also shot in the town.

After being shelved for two years, Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day in New York” will finally land in U.S. theatres next month.

Kate Aurthur editorDuring an interview at Variety’s virtual studio at the Toronto International Film Festival, Kate Winslet — who stars in the festival’s lesbian romance “Ammonite” — elaborated on the regrets she recently expressed about working with directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski. In an interview with Vanity Fair that published last week, Winslet talked about how the #MeToo movement has influenced her thinking and her choices, and said: “It’s like, what the fuck was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski?”On Monday, Winslet expanded on that sentiment.  “We learn, we grow, we change,” Winslet said.

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Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerKate Winslet said she is “grappling” with regrets over working with film directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, both accused of sexual misconduct with minors.“It’s like, what the fuck was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski? It’s unbelievable to me now how those men were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were. It’s fucking disgraceful.

Kate Winslet has finally denounced disgraced directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski!

It’s pretty crazy to think that it’s been more than 25 years since Kate Winslet had her breakout role in the film, “Heavenly Creatures.” Over that time span, she’s won an Oscar (along with various other prestigious awards), she’s starred in one of the biggest films of all time (“Titanic”), and a number of other acclaimed features that have gained her the status of being one of the very best performers in the industry.

The New York Times and The New Yorker, dozens of famous women—and men—came forward with their own stories of sexual harassment, both at the hands of Weinstein and others. For the first time ever, it feels like sexual assault survivors are actually being heard and their perpetrators are receiving consequences for their actions.But there's one exception here: Woody Allen.

Kate Winslet regrets a couple of the credits on her extensive acting résumé: Wonder Wheel, the 2017 film directed by Woody Allen, and Carnage, Roman Polanski’s 2011 dramedy.“It’s like, what the f** was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski?” Winslet said in an interview published Thursday in Vanity Fair.“It’s unbelievable to me now how those men were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were. It’s f****** disgraceful.

Carnage in 2011, before going on to work with Allen on 2017’s Wonder Man.In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Winslet asked: “What the fuck was I doing [working with them]?”Winslet explained it was “unbelievable” that both directors “were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were”.“It’s fucking disgraceful,” she added.Allen was previously accused of molesting his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, when she was just seven in the home of his then-wife, actor Mia Farrow, in 1992.Allen has repeatedly and categorically denied the allegation, which is said to have taken place in 1992.Polanski, meanwhile, was convicted for raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977.“I have to take responsibility for the fact that

Speaking to Vanity Fair, the 44-year-old said she wanted to ‘do her bit’ in setting an example for younger women by ‘having some proper integrity’.She said: ‘It’s like, what the f*** was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski? It’s unbelievable to me now how those men were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were. It’s f***ing disgraceful. ‘And I have to take responsibility for the fact that I worked with them both.

Despite starring in iconic films and playing famous characters over several decades, Kate Winslet isn't pleased with all of the professional choices she's made. In an interview with Vanity Fair, the Oscar winner, 44, opened up about her time in front of the camera, including her collaborations with directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski -- both of whom have been marred by accusations of sexual misconduct.

Kate Winslet has worked with two of the most acclaimed-yet-controversial filmmakers in Hollywood, and admits it’s now something she “regrets.”

Kate Winslet is opening up with how she feels about working with controversial directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, years after their movies were released.

telling Vanity Fair this week, “It’s like, what the f - - k was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski?”“It’s unbelievable to me now how those men were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were,” she added. “It’s f - - king disgraceful.”“And I have to take responsibility for the fact that I worked with them both,” Winslet continued.

Kate Winslet has admitted she regrets working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, describing Hollywood’s regard for the directors as “disgraceful”.

Eli Countryman Kate Winslet has worked with both Woody Allen and Roman Polanski. Looking back, she questions why the film industry — herself included — ever even supported the men.In an interview with Vanity Fair ahead of the “Ammonite” premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the star opened up about her regrets and how she’s learned to speak up for herself on set.

Woody Allen’s latest film, “Rifkin’s Festival,” has a first trailer, which Variety can share exclusively.Produced by Spain’s The Mediapro Studio, Allen’s own Gravier Productions and Italy’s Wildside, the comedy will world premiere at Spain’s 68th San Sebastian Film Festival, opening the event on Sept.