Ishtar
No Longer Playing
1987 107 min
LOST IN THE WORLD. A legendary flop that ended the career of its director, Elaine May's screwball buddy comedy has been reevaluated and reclaimed as the great, delightfully disjointed comedy that it is. Screening on 35mm.
Post-film conversation with Chloe Lizotte, Deputy Editor of MUBI Notebook, and Chicago writer Kat Sachs (“The Mythology of Elaine May”).
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