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Woody Akllen and Soon-Yi Previn arrive for the world premiere of his new film at the Venice Film Festival.

‘He wasn’t raping her’: Woody Allen defends Spanish football boss over World Cup kiss

The veteran director told a Spanish newspaper that it was “only a kiss and it was a friend. What’s wrong with that?”

  • Garry Maddox

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Johnny Depp arrives at the opening ceremony and the premiere of the film ‘Jeanne du Barry’ at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on Tuesday.

Does the world’s most famous film festival have a serious man problem?

The rousing reception granted to Johnny Depp at Cannes is just the latest instance of a man being welcomed with open arms after being accused of behaving badly.

  • Karl Quinn
Clockwise from top left: Roman Polanski; Michael Jackson; Woody Allen; Allen’s Manhattan; Jackson performing with The Jackson 5; Polanski’s Repulsion.

Love the art, loathe the artist: What to do with the work of monsters?

From Woody Allen to R. Kelly, a creator’s behaviour stains the films, songs and artworks we once loved. But is cancellation the only answer?

  • Claire Dederer
Is there any hope of resurrection for Kevin Spacey, James Franco or Johnny Depp? 

Comeback stars: Hollywood’s hypocritical attitude to cancelled stars

For some big names, a comeback seems impossible. But is it?

  • Stephen Armstrong
Woody Allen is down – but not out – in Hollywood.

Outrage... for a few months: the fundamental flaws in cancel culture

Cancel culture is what happens, experts say, when there is no clear social response to sexual violence. 

  • Alia E. Dastagir
Woody Allen pictured with wife Soon-Yi in Italy in 2001.

Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn trash documentary series as a ‘hatchet job’

“These documentarians had no interest in the truth,” said Allen and Soon-Yi. “Instead, they spent years surreptitiously collaborating with the Farrows ... to put together a hatchet job riddled with falsehoods.”

  • Christi Carras
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Absent but very present: Allen v. Farrow explores the implosion of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s family.

Allen v Farrow: A heartbreaking story of the unravelling of a family

The documentary Allen v. Farrow investigates the implosion of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s family in the wake of explosive allegations against Allen.

  • Michael Idato
Woody Allen.

New four-part series examines Woody Allen abuse allegations

The docuseries Allen v. Farrow, beginning Monday, lays out details of the case that haven’t been shared with the public.

  • Nicole Sperling
Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.

When a publisher's staff become book burners, culture itself is cancelled

Managers at publishing houses should stare down staff who object to the publication of controversial authors like Jordan Peterson because every 'cancellation' has a chilling effect on intellectual discourse.

  • Julie Szego
Woody Allen in 2019. 'It's had no impact on me whatsoever,' he says of the backlash against him and his work.

Woody Allen on cancel culture: 'It's had no impact on me whatsoever'

Amazon dumped him like a hot potato, but Woody Allen insists everything, virus aside, is working out just fine.

  • Karl Quinn

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