One of the biggest surprises of the 2025 film awards season was seeing the way Challengers (2024)—a film starring Zendaya set on the lowest rungs of the professional tennis tour—was completely panned ...

The best Woody Allen film in a long time may not be enough praise — and might even constitute faint praise to some — to land “Match Point” a lot of kudos, but consider that Allen is a home-grown ...

Hollywood has taken comedic and dramatic approaches to the court, coming up with fictional takes and basing films on true stories. By Katherine Schaffstall Tennis movies have had their moment in the ...

A change of scenery does Woody Allen a world of good in "Match Point." Making his first film in the U.K. with a story originally conceived for New York, Allen once again takes up issues of morality ...

Chris, an Irishman, moves to London to work as a tennis instructor. He becomes engaged to the daughter of a wealthy family, yet finds himself unable to resist the charms of the beautiful actress Nola.