Better than the films in this last group are the mixed-result Woodies: What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Alice (1990), Deconstructing Harry (1997) and Hollywood Ending (2002). While I delight in Sleeper (1973), Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), Shadows and Fog (1991), Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and Celebrity (1998), I have little or no use for Love and Death (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Stardust Memories (1980), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Mighty Aphrodite (1995) and Sweet and Lowdown (1999).
The alleged decline in Woody Allen’s work allegedly helped occasion the stunning praise that his latest film, Match Point, garnered at Cannes in 2005 but, in truth, Allen’s prolific body of work has long been unpredictable as to quality, including in any given period films both good and bad.
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