(Albert Brooks, US 1981, 93 min., 35mm)

In the opening scene of this most unlikely of romantic comedies, insanely neurotic film editor Robert (played by co-writer and director Albert Brooks) breaks up with his girlfriend, Mary (Kathryn Harrold), then spends much of the remainder of the film trying to win her back again! Meanwhile, Robert and his assistant (the late Bruno Kirby) attempt to complete an awful, low-budget science-fiction epic starring George Kennedy. Truthful and very, very funny, Modern Romance was also a personal favorite of Stanley Kubrick’s.