"Director: Elaine May"

• A New Leaf (1971) | Blu Ray | (07/12/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  One of America’s greatest comic legends, Elaine May, made her debut as writer and director in the wonderful A New Leaf. Unanimously acclaimed from the start, but unavailable for many years, it now stands as a classic alongside Harold and Maude, Bananas and M*A*S*H* as a key film in the new direction of American screen comedy in the 1970s. The great Walter Matthau stars as Henry, a once-rich playboy who has obliviously spent his entire inheritance. Desperate to marry into further financial support, he meets Henrietta (Elaine May), a shy, awkward, though independently wealthy botany professor. What follows is a giddy tale of dubious legal advice, ruthless skullduggery and ferns. A most unorthodox romantic comedy, stuffed with deadpan hilarity and brilliant comic invention, The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present its UK home video premiere in a new Dual-Format edition.

• Ishtar | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £12.30   |  Saving you £-6.31 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! Two totally untalented song-writers are advised by their agent to get away....as far away....as possible. Upon their arrival in Morocco they are separately recruited as spies for opposing sides of a planned revolution while simultaneously vying for the attentions of an attractive left-wing revolutionary. Based on an idea by Elaine May.

• Mikey And Nicky | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After he steals money from the mob Nicky (John Cassavetes) finds out that they have put a contract on him. He turns to lifelong friend Mikey (Peter Falk) for help and advice. His friend it transpires is more Judas than saviour as it becomes clear that he might just be the triggerman Nicky has been dreading.This unusual gangster movie takes us 'Sopranos style' into the lives and pastimes of the gangsters we see.Elaine May (Ishtar) directs wonderful performances from Cassavetes and Falk with great back up from Ned Beatty William Hickney and Sandford Meisner.Down those dark streets these men will tread! Film noir and gangster style meet head on.