CAN SHE BAKE A CHERRY PIE?
Dir. Henry Jaglom, 1983
USA, 90 mins

Filmed in a roughly 10-block radius in the Upper West Side, CAN SHE BAKE A CHERRY PIE? is Jaglom’s most unmistakably Manhattanite productions, a zany yet gentle comedy-of-manners in the mold of ‘70s Woody Allen and Peter Bodganovich’s They All Laughed. The crux of the film is the neurotic chemistry between Michael Emil, a pontificating nervous-wreck businessman, and Karen Black, an aspiring jazz singer in an unhappy relationship. The film also features Frances Fisher in her first feature role, Michael Ragotta as a pick-up artist birder, and a cameo from a fresh-from-Fridays Larry David.