A NEW LEAF

Special Features: 55th Anniversary | New 4K Restoration

Elaine May’s A NEW LEAF is one of the finest and funniest directorial debuts in Hollywood history. Henry (Walter Matthau), old money and bankrupt, laments, “All I am — or was — is rich. It’s all I wanted to be.” Henrietta (May) is a ditzy heiress and devoted botanist in whom Matthau sees his financial salvation. “May’s film[...]belongs oddly to what I think of as Depression Comedy,” wrote critic Vincent Canby, who rejoiced at the writer/director’s expert mixture of screwball and slow-burn comedy. DIR/SCR Elaine May, from the story “The Green Heart” by Jack Ritchie; PROD Hillard Elkins, Howard W. Koch, Joseph Manduke. U.S., 1971, color, 102 min. RATED G

New 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative courtesy of Cinématographe.

Run Time: 102 Minutes

Opening Date: Saturday, May 09, 2026

Genre: Romantic comedy

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