Wild Man Blues

The ostensible purpose of the documentary is to showcase Allen's seven-piece band and its music. But the audiences come to see Woody more than to listen to the music, and so do we.

Always charming and often hilarious, Wild Man Blues is just about the most fun you can have with a neurotic New Yorker, a jazz band and a glass frog.

The subject is Woody Allen, but anyone interested in his career as a writer, stand-up comedian, actor or filmmaker will learn little from Barbara Kopple's new documentary...