Annie Hall

In Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning masterpiece, his heartbroken onscreen alter-ego – neurotic sex-obsessed stand-up comedian Alvy Singer – reminisces about the one that got away: eccentric small-town girl Annie Hall, immortalised by the late great Diane Keaton. Lensed impeccably by Gordon Willis, the film endures as one of Hollywood’s finest romantic comedies, even now, almost fifty years later, unspooling in a kaleidoscope of pointed witticisms, elaborate asides, and acute observations about romance in Manhattan’s sprawling metropolis. At its heart is Keaton’s delightfully disarming muse, a free-spirited force of nature, whose refusal to conform to established dating rituals, or join Alvy in his cynical condemnation of pretentious urban elitism, positions her as a true enigma of femininity, at once bemusing and utterly bewitching.

Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay

11/1(Sun):Film talk with David Chan