Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

Director: Henry Jaglom

1983 / 90min / 4K DCP

The fleet, dryly funny fourth feature from Jaglom, a stalwart of independent cinema who died in September of 2025, stars a riveting Karen Black—who also composed music for the film—as Zee, a middle-aged Upper West Sider who, reeling after being abandoned by her husband, embarks on an amour fou romance following a coffee shop meet-cute with divorced social worker Eli (Michael Emil). A snapshot of a largely disappeared Manhattan, filled with tenderness for its characters and the city they live in, featuring piquant supporting work from Frances Fisher, Michael Margotta, Orson Welles and, of all people, Larry David.

This restoration was completed from a 4K, 16-bit scan of the 35mm interpositive by Vinegar Syndrome in Bridgeport, Connecticut, via an ARRISCAN XT. Scanning Technician: Brandon Upson. Frame-by-frame manual digital restoration and color grading was completed by Marcus Johnson of Emulsional Recovery.

This restoration was a collaboration between Hope Runs High and Cinématographe, supervised by Taylor Purdee of Hope Runs High and Justin LaLiberty of Cinématographe.

Film materials made available through the generous cooperation of the Academy Film Archive.

A Hope Runs High release

Q&A with Sabrina Jaglom, filmmaker and Henry Jaglom's daughter, and Vinegar Syndrome/Cinématographe director of operations Justin LaLiberty moderated by Hope Runs High curator Taylor Purdee on Friday, February 20

Introduction by Vinegar Syndrome/Cinématographe director of operations Justin LaLiberty on Saturday, February 21

Introduction by Sabrina Jaglom, filmmaker and Henry Jaglom's daughter, on Tuesday, February 24th