A New Leaf
Elaine May · 102 min
When useless trust fund baby Henry (Walter Matthau) learns he has outspent his inheritance, he decides to marry rich and sets his sights on Henrietta (Elaine May), a botanist heiress clueless enough to entertain his halfhearted romantic advances. Repulsed by the prospect of wedding the well-meaning but hopelessly awkward and inept Henrietta, Henry resolves to murder his new bride and take her fortune. Showing in a new 55th anniversary 4K restoration, Elaine May’s directorial debut weaves unforgettably mean one-liners (“she has to be vacuumed every time she eats”) and May’s inspired slapstick performance into an acidic, hilariously funny anti-romcom classic.
