As the summer progressed and America debated over whether or not we should have an Islamic rec center near Ground Zero, basically turning our country into the plot of Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo with Muslims instead of break dancers, one question remained: when will the director of The Purple Rose of Cairo give us his opinion? Well, worry not, fans of film and religious controversies, because the New York Daily News has gotten the answer! So lets find out what Woody Allen has to say because, really, why is his opinion any less relevant than Sarah Palin’s?

New York, I Love You, which opens Friday, is an anthology of 10+ shorts directed by the likes of Brett Ratner to Natalie Portman, and starring almost every actor in the world. To celebrate its arrival — and the arrival of glorious fall in New York — we’ve nostalgically compiled a list of the cheesiest, most romantic, most epic, and irresistible movies starring our favorite city. Enjoy!

While our country is engulfed in two wars, struggling to climb back after falling off of an economic cliff last year and trying to find a way to provide health care for nearly fifty million uninsured Americans, I am glad to see that some of Hollywood’s elite, (including Mr. Weinstein, Ms. Winger and Woody Allen, among others) have found a truly important cause worth fighting for: defending Roman Polanski.