Reviewed: Woody Allen’s newest film, Coup de Chance - Washington Examiner

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Reviewed: Woody Allen’s newest film, Coup de Chance - Washington Examiner

When Woody Allen talks about the directors he seeks to emulate, imitate, or merely copy from, the names he is likely to mention are Ingmar, Federico, and maybe Jean (as in Renoir). Notwithstanding his well-publicized penchant for the giants of midcentury European cinema, Allen also owes a major debt to a far less pretentious (and, in truth, a far more entertaining) filmmaker: Alfred Hitchcock. No, Allen has never made a thriller centered on bird…