David Evanier

David Evanier is the author of ‘Woody: The Biography,’ ‘The Great Kisser,’ ‘Red Love,’ ‘Making the Wiseguys Weep,’ and six other books. He is a former senior editor of the Paris Review..

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Startling Intimations of Greatness

As we await the release of Woody Allen’s 50th feature film, his biographer looks back on the career of one of America’s great cinematic artists.

David Evanier

21 Nov 2022 · 26 min read

A Rainy Day in New York—A Review

This is the territory with which Allen feels most familiar and confident—a spare, crisp, and yet intricately plotted tale that juggles characters and situations with sensitivity and bathos.

David Evanier

2 Jun 2020 · 10 min read

Woody Allen's 'Apropos of Nothing'—A Review

He cannot help being true to himself. In this calm, blithe, and objective memoir, Allen emerges, at wild odds with his comedic persona, as a very tough, independent artist, a passionate lover of women, avowing his innocence of the one and only charge ever leveled against him in 84 years.

David Evanier

21 Apr 2020 · 12 min read