The Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast

Welcome back to the Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast for another episode of Woody Allen Adjacent!

 

As we get ever closer to the re-retrospective coming this October 2026 we carry our Adjacent series and this month it’s James’s pick he’s chosen Stanley Tucci’s possibly overlooked 1998 comedy The Impostors—a loving homage to the golden age of slapstick, screwball comedies, and classic double acts like Laurel & Hardy and the Marx Brothers.

 

Packed with an incredible ensemble cast including Oliver Platt, Alfred Molina, Steve Buscemi, Tony Shalhoub, Lili Taylor, Isabella Rossellini, Billy Connolly and even a brief appearance from Woody Allen himself, this is one of those films that has quietly built a passionate cult following over the years… while leaving plenty of other viewers completely baffled.

 

Along the way, Don discovers that he may never have truly understood what defines a farce until finally sitting down with this film, while James makes the case that Hollywood simply doesn’t take creative swings like this anymore.

Whether The Impostors is a forgotten comedy gem or an ambitious experiment that doesn’t quite come together… it certainly gave us plenty to talk about.

 

Thanks as always for listening!

 

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Links mentioned in this episode:

 

James Content Rollout Announcement Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEFovWooMuA

 

Stanley Tucci’s The Impostors (1998) Interview - https://freshairarchive.org/segments/actor-director-and-writer-stanley-tucci-imposters

 

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For full cast details, user reviews, and more background on the film, check out:

 

📌 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impostors

 

📌 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120823/?ref_=tturv_ov_i

 

📌 Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1085404-impostors

 

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Welcome back to the Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast for another episode of Woody Allen Adjacent!

 

James actually kicks things off this month with a long overdue announcement regarding one of his major personal projects — something we know some listeners will be very interested in hearing about, while others may understandably just want to jump straight into the film discussion itself.

 

So for those purely here for the Woody Adjacent conversation, feel free to skip ahead to:

 

⏩ 20 minutes, 02 seconds

 

Down the line, James and I will likely do separate discussion episodes covering some of our future non-Woody creative projects and ideas in a bit more detail.

 

As always, we genuinely appreciate the continued support — whether that’s for the podcast itself, our side projects, or simply just taking the time to listen in the first place.

 

Anyway…

 

This time around, we head back into the AI recommendation list — that ongoing collection of Woody-esque films selected and defended by our ever-persistent podcast AI assistant. So far we’ve tackled quite a few picks from the list already, and now it was time for the AI to throw another one onto the table…

 

This episode’s choice: Like Father (2018), directed by Lauren Miller Rogen and starring Kristen Bell, Kelsey Grammer, and Seth Rogen.

 

What initially presents itself as a glossy Netflix dramedy about a workaholic woman reconnecting with her estranged father during an accidental cruise vacation slowly reveals itself to be something a little more reflective underneath — a film about emotional inheritance, loneliness, career obsession, disappointment, forgiveness, and the uncomfortable realization that sometimes we slowly become the very people we spent years resenting.

 

Naturally, this led us into a surprisingly thoughtful discussion about late-period Woody Allen comparisons while at the same time enjoying the Ai'\s justification for choosing this film as an adjacent pick. It’s fun to give artificial intelligence a chance to make its own case.. particularly when it fails miserably in the process :P 

 

We're not saying that happned on this episode... or are we?

 

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For full cast details, user reviews, and more background on the film, check out:

 

📌 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Father_(film)

 

📌 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7170950/

 

📌 Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/like_father_2018

 

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A VERY Special Thanks to The Woody Allen Pages Website & The Woody Allen Subreddit for their continued support and info — check them out for the latest from the Woody Allen fan community!

 

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Welcome back everybody to another episode of Woody Allen Adjacent!

 

Apologies first of all for the audio quality of our mics today. We had some uncontrollable peaking issues that i (Don) tried to fix in post - which helped alot but our mics on this episode do sound a bit tinny - maybe its just to my ears.. but i thought i would mention it off the top! 

 

Regardless of that.. on this episode, we decided (as promised) to go back to our beloved actress and famed Woody Alumni Diane Keaton who passed away just over 6 months ago from the posting of this recording. 

 

We continue to look at her few film directing efforts.. and this was actually her last movie directing gig. With a star studded cast.. and honestly good dramatic material to bring to adapt to screen.

 

unfortunately.. this one was panned by both critics and audiences.. and this turned out to be an.. interesting experience we just have to be brutally honest about..

 

It is an interesting one to say very least - Diane Keaton.. you are still.. and will ALWAYS be missed.

 

Thanks for listening as always, if you find time - please like, share and review the show on whatever platform you access this podcast from.  

 

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For full cast details, user reviews, and more background on the film, check out:

 

📌 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Up

 

📌 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162983/

 

📌 Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hanging_up

 

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A VERY Special Thanks to The Woody Allen Pages Website & The Woody Allen Subreddit for their continued support and info - check them out for the latest from the Woody Allen Fan Community!

 

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Welcome back to another episode of Woody Allen Adjacent, right here on the Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast.

 

This time around, we kick things off with a bit of Oscar 2026 talk - because, of course, we couldn’t resist. Our good old boy Timmy C finds himself in a little bit of trouble, which we have some fun unpacking before getting into the main feature...

 

For this month’s Adjacent pick, James brings us a very special one: the 1991 comedy What About Bob? starring Bill Murray - an actor we wished had crossed paths with Woody Allen on screen.

 

Admittedly,  in the editing process for this episode, i (Don) wondered if we might’ve leaned into the nitpicking just a little bit too much :P … but honestly, that’s part of the fun of doing a movie podcast no?

 

All in all, it’s a lively episode, and a good one to revisit or discover for the first time!

 

Next month, we’ve got a special follow up - something we promised last year for a beloved actor

 

Thanks as always for listening and supporting the show - we know y'all are just as excited as we are to tackle Woodys filmography again - remember, that starts this October 2026!

 

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For full cast details, user reviews, and more background on the film, check out:

 

📌 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_About_Bob%3F

 

📌 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103241/

 

📌 Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/what_about_bob

 

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Hats Off Ent. WAB Video - https://youtu.be/hqvQwgGf0Gs?si=vhzk3S4WzoqBPotv

 

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Welcome back everybody, to the Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast for another episode of ADJACENT!

 

Today’s episode came together in a really interesting way. It was sparked by an email we received from one of our listeners nearly a year ago...

 

An email Donald has actually been holding onto for quite some time, waiting for the right film to land in his lap so we could properly unpack it... That moment has now arrived!

 

This week, we’re diving into a movie that opens up a broader conversation - not just about the film itself, but about this particular sub-genre, that being.. the way pregnancy is handled as a devloping narrative on TV and Film

 

and sometimes.. when researching an episode, we stumble across some wild real-life events that later became movies in their own right - Yup.. its all related and brings things full circle

 

Thank you as always for listening - a special thank you to all of our patrons and community supporters.

 

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For full cast details, user reviews, and more background on the film, check out:

 

📌 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Threesome

 

📌 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21187592/?ref_=ttnw_ov_i

 

📌 Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_threesome

 

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The Pregnancy Pact News Story: Pact - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fvcJ0cnCV8&pp=ygUXdGhlIHByZWduYW5jeSBwYWN0IG5ld3M%3D

 

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A VERY Special Thanks to The Woody Allen Pages Website & The Woody Allen Subreddit for their continued support and info - check them out for the latest from the Woody Allen Fan Community!

 

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