This event is in the past.It took place on April 26, 2026 at Film Forum.
Drama Film
Drama FilmSoHo, New York
🎬"The Lubitsch Touch was a kind of lost art, like Chinese glass-blowing" — Billy Wilder
🍿"some of the rawest rock music in the world" (CREEM Magazine)
🎞️Real peanut oil popcorn at the snack bar
The "Lubitsch Touch" was a kind of lost art, like Chinese glass-blowing: Billy Wilder's words for the sophisticated wit and visual elegance that Ernst Lubitsch brought to 13 Hollywood masterworks. This retrospective screens the films that invented modern romantic comedy, from Ninotchka to The Shop Around the Corner.
classic cinema
romantic comedy pioneer
1930s-40s Hollywood
sophisticated humor
Drama FilmDrama FilmSoHo, New York
🎬"The Lubitsch Touch was a kind of lost art, like Chinese glass-blowing" — Billy Wilder
🍿"some of the rawest rock music in the world" (CREEM Magazine)
🎞️Real peanut oil popcorn at the snack bar
The "Lubitsch Touch" was a kind of lost art, like Chinese glass-blowing: Billy Wilder's words for the sophisticated wit and visual elegance that Ernst Lubitsch brought to 13 Hollywood masterworks. This retrospective screens the films that invented modern romantic comedy, from Ninotchka to The Shop Around the Corner.
classic cinema
romantic comedy pioneer
1930s-40s Hollywood
sophisticated humor