Deborah Ross

Why, Woody, why? A Rainy Day in New York reviewed

Why include a story about an older man lusting after a young college girl in a tiny skirt?

Selina Gomez as Shannon and Timothée Chalamet as Gatsby in A Rainy Day in New York (Akg-Images / Perdido Productions Gravier Productions) 
issue 06 June 2020

A Rainy Day in New York is Woody Allen’s 49th film and it’s not been without its troubles. When accusations of sexual abuse made by his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, resurfaced, Amazon Studios ditched it. Then its star, Timothée Chalamet, apologised for being in it and donated his earnings to charity.

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