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Jan 17, 2022 · The Damned: The Films of Elaine May. Dan Callahan January 17, 2022. Tweet. Elaine May is known as one of the funniest and wittiest comics of all time, yet two of her directorial projects, “ The Heartbreak Kid ” (1972) and “Mikey and Nicky” (1976), are about as bleak a picture of human relationships as can be imagined.
Mar 14, 2019 · Improvising legend. Filmmaking maverick. Comedy savant. Screenwriting secret weapon. Elaine May is one of the most important people in American pop cultural history. Why isn’t she more...
Nov 4, 2019 · Culture. Decades Later, the World Is Catching Up to Elaine May. At 87, the iconic comedian, actor, and director is at last getting her due. But what took us so long? By Carrie Courogen....
Jan 21, 2019 · Paramount Pictures. By Manohla Dargis. Jan. 21, 2019. The troubles on “A New Leaf” (1971), Elaine May’s directorial debut, were worrisome before they were legion. She had never directed a ...
Nov 18, 2018 · From improv to Ishtar: the many lives of comedy genius Elaine May. Trailblazing comic, Oscar-nominated writer and acting sensation Elaine May is back on Broadway. Nathan Lane, Cybill...
Jan 29, 2016 · By Richard Brody. January 29, 2016. Elaine May directs the American Masters tribute to Mike Nichols, with whom she became famous, in the late nineteen-fifties, as an improvisational comedy duo....
Jun 2, 2023 · June 2, 2023. The overwhelming paradox of Elaine May’s “A New Leaf,” co-starring Walter Matthau, is the overwhelming sweetness unleashed by its plot of horrors. Photograph from Alamy. What...
