Woody Allen – The Comic's Comic

Woody Allen memoir shelved by publisher after immediate protests

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 6, 2020March 6, 2020

Earlier this week, Grand Central Publishing surprised the world by announcing a new memoir from Woody Allen that would come out in April. On Tuesday, …

Woody Allen settles $68 million lawsuit with Amazon

by Sean L. McCarthyNovember 11, 2019November 11, 2019

Amazon, the world’s largest retailer that manages to avoid paying any federal taxes, couldn’t avoid paying disgraced filmmaker Woody Allen to stop making movies. Amazon …

Woody Allen may have to self-release his memoirs and his movies from now on

by Sean L. McCarthyMay 28, 2019May 28, 2019

Woody Allen had a four-picture deal with Amazon Studios. But after releasing two movies through Amazon (Cafe Society, Wonder Wheel) and a TV series that …

The Museum of the Jewish People lists its top 15 moments in Jewish comedy history

by Sean L. McCarthyDecember 20, 2018December 20, 2018

You’ve perhaps seen plenty of lists ranking the top things, events and people of 2018, but what about the best stuff ever? The Museum of …

Rain check: Amazon shelves Woody Allen’s last (?) movie?

by Sean L. McCarthyAugust 29, 2018

Every year since 1982’s A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, Woody Allen has directed and released a feature film. Until now. Not only is Allen not …

Woody Allen is OK with you joking about his alleged sexual assault of his daughter, but won’t read or talk about it anymore

by Sean L. McCarthyMay 12, 2016May 12, 2016

To mark yesterday’s world premiere of Woody Allen’s latest movie, Cafe Society, at the Cannes Film Festival, French comedic actor Laurent Lafitte jokingly compared Allen …