The Hollywood icon was born in 1923, and while she never became a household name, cinephiles around the world revere her work. Critic Sean Burns says Allen ignored conventions and “cut by her gut.”
“I hated this movie so much it became a running joke among my friends,” writes film critic Sean Burns. But many years down the road, “I’m willing to concede that there’s a challenge there I was unwilling to meet upon its initial release.”