Modern Romance: Renegade Rom-Coms

Friday, May 8 - Thursday, May 21, 2026

Opening on May 15, Elaine May’s A NEW LEAF reinvented a well-known genre with its macabre, cynical take on romance. Before we premiere the new 55th anniversary 4K restoration of May’s venomously funny directorial debut, join us for a nine-film retrospective celebrating some of our favorite offbeat romantic comedies.
Featuring the bittersweet cult hit HAROLD AND MAUDE, Howard Hawks’ classic screwball BRINGING UP BABY, Carl Reiner and Steve Martin’s insane picaresque adventure THE JERK, Albert Brooks in the “alarmingly insightful” (Time Out) MODERN ROMANCE, John Waters’ suburban satire POLYESTER, and Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd in David Wain’s hilarious 2014 parody THEY CAME TOGETHER, this series celebrates the sometimes hapless, often unsuccessful, but always instructive pursuit of love.

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