A New Leaf, Lost and found, Sight & Sound

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Elaine May is nobody’s idea of obscure. This birdlike woman, now 80 years old, began pecking away at American mores in the 1950s as part of a hip, witty double act with Mike Nichols. The duo released bestselling albums of their routines and played a year-long, sellout run on Broadway. May later directed four movies, three of which she also wrote, as well as scripting many others, some credited (The Birdcage and Primary Colors for Nichols), some not (Tootsie, Reds). Occasionally she acted, most recently as a thrift-shop ditz in Small Time Crooks. So what is she doing in a column dedicated to films that have slipped through the cracks?