This event is in the past.It took place on May 12, 2026 at Film Forum.
Comedy Film
Comedy FilmExperience "The Lubitsch Touch": 13 masterworks by the director who invented the modern romantic comedy. Ernst Lubitsch's subtle wit, visual sophistication, and mischievous charm light up the screen in classics like Ninotchka and Trouble in Paradise.
Classic Hollywood cinema
1930s-40s comedies
Film retrospective
Romantic comedy pioneer
Tips
🎬"The Lubitsch Touch was a kind of lost art, like Chinese glass-blowing." — Billy Wilder
🍿"The prodigious ellipses in his plots work only because our laughter bridges the scenes." — François Truffaut
🎟️real peanut oil popcorn at the snack bar
“THE LUBITSCH TOUCH” Film Series
Hudson Square
Comedy FilmComedy FilmExperience "The Lubitsch Touch": 13 masterworks by the director who invented the modern romantic comedy. Ernst Lubitsch's subtle wit, visual sophistication, and mischievous charm light up the screen in classics like Ninotchka and Trouble in Paradise.
Classic Hollywood cinema
1930s-40s comedies
Film retrospective
Romantic comedy pioneer
Tips
🎬"The Lubitsch Touch was a kind of lost art, like Chinese glass-blowing." — Billy Wilder
🍿"The prodigious ellipses in his plots work only because our laughter bridges the scenes." — François Truffaut
🎟️real peanut oil popcorn at the snack bar
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