Woody Allen’s IRRATIONAL MAN Trailer Experience the new IRRATIONAL MAN trailer and clips! The film, written and directed by Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine, Vicky Cristina Barcelona), stars Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey, and Ethan Phillips. IRRATIONAL MAN will be released in theaters on July 24. On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.