Manhattan

Nominated for two Academy Awards, and considered one of [Woody] Allens most enduring accomplishments (Box Office), Manhattan is a wry, touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships set against the backdrop of urban alienation. Sumptuously photographed in black and white (Allen's first film in that format), and accompanied by a magnificent Gershwin score, Allen's aesthetic triumph is a prismatic portrait of a time and a place that may be studied decades hence (Time). 42-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates, a 17-year-old girlfriend, Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), he doesn't love, and a lesbian ex-wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), who's writing a tell-all book about their marriage and who he'd like to strangle. But when he meets his best friend's sexy intellectual mistress, Mary (Diane Keaton), Isaac falls head over heels in lust. Leaving Tracy, bedding Mary and quitting his job are just the beginnings of Isaacs quest for romance and fulfilment in a city where sex is as intimate as a handshake--and the gateway to true love is a revolving door.

• Director: Woody Allen
• Format: Blu-ray
• Run time: 1 hour and 32 minutes
• Release date: 26 Aug. 2013
• Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep
• BBFC Cert: 15
• Region: Region B