This event is in the past.It took place on May 28, 2026 at IFC Center.
Comedy Film
Comedy FilmWest Village, New York
🎬"Nearly a masterpiece" (The Village Voice)
💍"One of the best romantic comedies ever made" (The New Yorker)
🎟️No assigned seating, arrive early
Elaine May's 1971 anti-romcom masterpiece follows a broke trust fund heir who plots to marry and murder an awkward botanist heiress for her fortune. Walter Matthau's deadpan cruelty collides with May's inspired slapstick in a film packed with unforgettably mean one-liners.
Elaine May's directorial debut
Walter Matthau at his worst
anti-romcom classic
cynical wit
Comedy FilmComedy FilmWest Village, New York
🎬"Nearly a masterpiece" (The Village Voice)
💍"One of the best romantic comedies ever made" (The New Yorker)
🎟️No assigned seating, arrive early
Elaine May's 1971 anti-romcom masterpiece follows a broke trust fund heir who plots to marry and murder an awkward botanist heiress for her fortune. Walter Matthau's deadpan cruelty collides with May's inspired slapstick in a film packed with unforgettably mean one-liners.
Elaine May's directorial debut
Walter Matthau at his worst
anti-romcom classic
cynical wit