The Latest Breaking News from Woody Allen

Woody Allen directed Donald Trump in 1998 comedy drama Celebrity, and he'd relish the chance to work with the President of the United States again in the future.

The 89-year-old filmmaker directed the president in his 1998 film ‘Celebrity’

After the Hunt, directed by Luca Guadagnino, centres on an accusation of sexual assault at a university

Airstrikes draw international condemnation as four children among those killed

American actor who played Herman ‘Hesh’ Rabkin in The Sopranos and Howard Lyman in The Good Wife

Last week Donald Trump suggested that the US might provide air support in any security guarantees to end the war

Allen reportedly praised Russian cinema during his virtual appearance at this year's Moscow International Film Week, and said he would like to make a movie in Russia if he had an opportunity. Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned his participation. Now, the filmmaker has issued a response.

Moscow’s military first claimed it had entered the Dnipropetrovsk region earlier this summer

Filmmaker says he ‘always liked Russian cinema’ and would like to make a movie in the country

The director said he did not ‘feel cutting off artistic conversations is ever a good way to help’ after Ukraine calls the film-maker’s participation a ‘disgrace’

The American filmmaker took part in a Q&A session via a video link, with pro-Putin Russian director Fyodor Bondarchuk moderating the conversation. Allen’s presence has sparked outrage, with Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs calling it "a disgrace and an insult."