Synopsis: A “richly nostalgic” (Leonard Maltin) and star-studded portrait of the 1940s, Woody Allen’s Radio Days weaves together a young boy’s comical memories with zany stories from the golden age of radio, to create a delightful tapestry of heartwarming and hilarious vignettes. Expertly rendered and “densely packed with vivid detail” (The New York Times), Radio Days is “one of the loveliest eulogies a filmmaker has ever given to any bygone era” (L.A. Weekly)!

Gripped by wild radio stories about bloody wars and beautiful celebrities, 10-year old Joe Needleman longs for adventure and dreams of the day he’ll see enemy spies, German subs – or even his sexy grade-school teacher wearing a smile (and little else). But while Joe’s life is filled with fantasies about radio voices, the real people behind the voices have fantasies of their own. And as stars rise, careers fall and a nation hurtles toward the future, only one thing is absolutely certain: The days of radio may finally fade… but the magic of Joe’s memories will always endure.
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Radio Days 8.0

A very funny and touching series of vignettes that hark back to a time prior to television, when people would gather around the radio for news and entertainment. It follows a number of related characters, but the film doesn’t have any real back story – aside from the characters’ common history.

It’s probably one of the best Woody Allen films (although there are so many great ones it’s hard to say) and it’s part of a streak of fantastic achievements that Allen had during the early ’80s to early ’90s – for me, his best period (even in light of his ’70s masterpieces ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘Manhattan’)