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:

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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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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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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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