WHAT’S UP, DOC? (1972) w/ Barbra Streisand pre-show
February 20 : 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm
“Literally reels of pure, unadulterated and sustained laughs!” – Variety
A joyous celebration of classic screwball farce, Peter Bogdanovich’s WHAT’S UP, DOC? updated the zany style of Hawks and Sturges for the New Hollywood ’70s. Barbra Streisand stars as the Bugs Bunny-esque Judy Maxwell who sets her sights on nebbishy musicologist Howard Bannister (Ryan O’Neal, in bespectacled Cary Grant mode) and his precious igneous rocks. Too bad Howard already has a fiancée, prim-and-proper Eunice (Madeline Kahn in her film debut). With hilarious complications, including a daffy luggage mix-up plot, quippy rapid-fire dialogue, and one of the wildest chase sequences ever put to film, DOC is worthy of comparison to the screwballs that inspired it and remains one of the funniest films of the 1970s.
Before the film, we’ll be celebrating the magic of Babs with a Barbra Streisand pre-show beginning at 6 pm.
This film is screening as part of Arkadin’s February 2026 series, OFFBEAT ROMANCE, featuring quirky tales of oddballs in love.
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