Perhaps at some point it will again be possible to write the name Woody Allen and go from there. But after a year marked by artistic highs and controversial lows for the filmmaker, it seems impossible ...
With “Fading Gigolo,” writer-director-star John Turturro does a passable imitation of a mediocre Woody Allen sex comedy, and guess who tags along for this would-be romp? No, Allen doesn’t play the ...
Whether Fading Gigolo is a movie disguised as a midlife crisis or a midlife crisis disguised as a movie is difficult to say. Most every middle-aged man probably has a Fading Gigolo inside him. John ...
It’s hard to say whether “Fading Gigolo” is a movie disguised as a midlife crisis, or a midlife crisis disguised as a movie. But probably every middle-age man has a movie like “Fading Gigolo” inside ...
Fading Gigolo has mimicked its title and faded, a failure in tone, a romantic comic juggling act where every dropped ball kills another potential laugh. Fading Gigolo is John Turturro's idea of an old ...
At first glance, “Fading Gigolo,” John Turturro’s fifth directorial credit, marks one of the more peculiar entries in Woody Allen‘s career: Written and directed by Turturro, it’s one of only a few ...