Currently rewatching: Mike Nichols' "The Birdcage". #movies #films #thebirdcage #mikenichols #robinwilliams #nathanlane #genehackman #diannewiest #calistaflockhart #hankazaria #danfutterman #emmanuellubezki #elainemay #christinebaranski #vincentpatterson #annroth
Ishtar (🇺🇸 1987). Elaine May's notoriously expensive comedy follows two lounge singers on a disastrous North African booking 🎬
#moviesky #comedy #cultcomedy #80sfilm #ElaineMay #desertcinematography #Morocco #camelscene #widescreen #retrocomedy
Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! Here's a look back at a double bill review on THE HEARTBREAK KID & MIKEY AND NICKY, both directed by #ElaineMay!
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The dialogue in A New Leaf (1971) is just perfection.
Henrietta Lowell: Did you hurt yourself?
Henry Graham: No, kneeling on glass is my favorite pastime. It keeps me from slouching.
#Criterion #ElaineMay
#BehindTheScenes
#TheHeartbreakKid (1972)
A newlywed man on his honeymoon has second thoughts about his marriage and falls for a different woman.
Director #ElaineMay watching on as a scene is shot.
Here are some words on THE BIRDCAGE, which turns 30 this year, and how it remains an incredibly important movie today.
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#thebirdcage #RobinWilliams #NathanLane #MikeNichols #ElaineMay
The image depicts two individuals sitting inside a car. The person on the left wears large round glasses and a hat with a decorative netting veil. Their dark hair is visible beneath the hat. The individual on the right is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and tie. Both appear to be engaged in conversation. The interior of the car is only partially visible, with a focus on the dashboard's wooden elements. The background of the image has a slightly blurred view of car windows and exterior details.
3 things about Elaine May’s A NEW LEAF [1971]
1. Two or three times a week.
2. “Marriage? You mean to a woman?”
“Yes, sir. That is what I had in mind. It’s the only way to acquire property without labor.”
3. Lost frond.
#3things #movies #waltermatthau #elainemay #cinema
Columbo with Peter Falk, The History Of Columbo! youtu.be/DyEJjgvGMgw #columbo #peterfalk #columbocollection #williamlink #mikeyandnicky #detectiveshows #tvshows #johncasavettes #elainemay
Bold as brass...
PRETTY fucking bold referencing #Casablanca in your terrible #movie, #ElaineMay.
This is the sort of meta-textual flourish that would totally work and be fun in a #goodmovie, but this is not one of those.
#Ishtar #FilmSky #MovieSky #moviereview
Oof. Isabella Adjani (who is stunning; I'm smitten already) plays a character who interrupts a stuttering, stumbling unfunny #gaypanic monologue about 'lifestyles' from Chuck by lifting her shirt and showing her left breast.
If I didn't know it was #ElaineMay, I'd assume a man was directing. Jesus.
Every face on every extra is just this.
Jesus, it's so hard to watch, y'all. Why did I choose to do this?
Easy to see why #ElaineMay THOUGHT this would be #funny, but, BOY, is it not...
Here, Beatty struggles to charm to a woman, which when he was at the height of his sex-symbol powers is, in theory, an amusing conceit.
But he's NOT built for this. It's BRUTAL to watch 😳
#Ishtar #FilmSky #moviereview
These people, y'all...
Redhead!
This is their... agent, I guess? I guess he signed them? It's unclear, because literally nothing in this movie works or makes any fucking sense.
This is interesting to me, & not just because the #extras are the most #80s people you've ever seen in your life.
Do you guys know #lampshading? #ElaineMay is hoping that, by showing us the audience hating what Beatty & Hoffman are doing, we'll get on board, but...
They should! I do, too!
#Ishtar
La #commediadelladomenica è il #film #ericcalasposoelammazzo di #elainemay #waltermatthau
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iscriviti gratis al #podcast #lafogliadacanto e ascolta tutta la #recensione
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Still one of the funniest audio skits, ever! You don't even need to watch the video version.
BTW, this duo was among the best comedy writers.
In those times, we had *real* telephones, pay phones in handy places and Operators 24/7/365
#ElaineMay
#MikeNichols
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#CaliforniaSuite de #HerbertRoss y #NeilSimon con #JaneFonda #AlanAlda #MaggieSmith #MichaelCaine #WalterMatthau #ElaineMay #BillCosby #RichardPryor #GloriaGifford #SheilaFrazier y #HerbEdelman
I watched my first #ElaineMay movie and loved it! adamsoverduereview.wixsite.com/adam/post/a-... #movie #moviereviews #comedy
I found it excruciating (sort of in a good way) and depressing! As we were watching it, my husband paused the film, ‘Well, at least your next book is being referenced’. That made me laugh.
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#theheartbreakkid #1970sCinema #ElaineMay #cinema #Greyhound #images #theroad
"Alsophila Grahami"
8 x 10 inches
Acrylic
#anewleaf #waltermatthau #elainemay #alsophilagrahami
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@vinsyn.bsky.social & @cine-matographe.bsky.social
for July in the house courtesy of @diabolikdvd.bsky.social #4k #bluray #elainemay #waltermatthau #robertdeniro #seanpenn #physicalmedia #movies
Today’s pick ups #PhysicalMedia #HorrorMovies #CultMovies #EightiesHorror #ClassicHorror #80sAction #MovieFan #ElaineMay
Another one from @vinsyn.bsky.social
A New Leaf (1971) Limited Edition UHD + Blu-ray Mediabook released 2025 by @cine-matographe.bsky.social
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#PhysicalMedia #4k #UHD #Blu-ray #VinegarSyndrome #Cinematographe #ElaineMay #WalterMatthau #JackWeston #GeorgeRose
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#BluRay #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected #VinegarSyndrome #Cinematographe #ElaineMay #WalterMatthau #DorisRoberts
8:10pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1978 #Anthology #Comedy film🎥 “California Suite” directed by #HerbertRoss & written by #NeilSimon based on his 1976 play🎭
🌟 #AlanAlda #MichaelCaine #BillCosby #JaneFonda #WalterMatthau #ElaineMay #RichardPryor #MaggieSmith #HerbEdelman
Thank you @tjffgrams for screening one of my favourite films last night, THE HEARTBREAK KID! It was amazing to see it with an audience up on the big screen. #tjff2025 #CharlesGrodin #cybillshepherd #Jeannieberlin #ElaineMay #70scinema
9:15pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1978 #Anthology #Comedy film🎥 “California Suite” directed by #HerbertRoss & written by #NeilSimon based on his 1976 play🎭
🌟 #AlanAlda #MichaelCaine #BillCosby #JaneFonda #WalterMatthau #ElaineMay #RichardPryor #MaggieSmith #HerbEdelman
@tjffgrams are screening, one of my favourite movies, THE HEARTBREAK KID (1972) during the Toronto Jewish Film Festival for free ! To finally see it on the big screen, on a 2K restoration of a 16mm print, is going to be amazing ! #ElaineMay
@tjffgrams are screening, one of my favourite movies, THE HEARTBREAK KID (1972) during the Toronto Jewish Film Festival for free ! To finally see it on the big screen, on a 2K restoration, is going to be amazing ! If you're in Toronto and love #ElaineMay movies, as much as I do, don't miss out !
Now watching. #MikeyAndNicky #CriterionCollection #PhysicalMedia #ElaineMay #JohnCassavetes #PeterFalk #MovieFan #ElaineMay
