Performance

A New Leaf

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Elaine May’s 1971 black comedy marks her first turn as director, adapting Jack Ritchie’s “The Green Heart” into a story of money, marriage, and calculated reinvention. May appears on screen opposite Walter Matthau, with a supporting cast that includes Jack Weston, George Rose, and James Coco. The film’s tone is precise, even chilly, using comedy to expose the social logic of cruelty. Screening January 21, 2026 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, it sits naturally within New York’s ongoing attention to American studio-era auteurs and overlooked women directors.