In "Blue Jasmine," that "something" is Cate Blanchett, whose magnetic but heartbreaking performance as a woman adrift rescues Allen's otherwise rudderless tragi-comedy.

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Cate Blanchett plays Jasmine in Woody Allen's latest work (* * * ½ out of four; rated PG-13; opens Friday in select cities), and her bravura performance is tinged with haughtiness, dry humor and ...

Review: ‘Blue Jasmine’ a bleak but moving gem 1 / 39 Zac Barnett of American Authors is seen on set for a video shoot on Oct. 26, 2014, in Dickson, Tenn. (Rick Diamond / Getty Images) 2 / 39 ...

“Blue Jasmine’’ may sound like a topical satire, but it isn’t really. It’s a character study of an obnoxious, selfish and supremely self-absorbed woman oblivious to the pain she inflicts ...

Jasmine’s move into Ginger’s cramped apartment, along with the refined airs that Jasmine puts on, don’t sit well with Chili (Bobby Cannavale), Ginger’s rough-hewn fiancé, a mechanic.

Now with his new film, “Blue Jasmine,” Allen is back in the United States (San Francisco and New York specifically), and romantic comedy is the furthest thing from his mind.

“Blue Jasmine,” Allen’s drama about a wealthy woman in the midst of a life crisis in contemporary San Francisco, and “Elysium,” Blomkamp’s sci-fi myth about a planet in the midst of a ...