Sunday in New York

Peter Tewksbury's 1963 film is a romantic comedy taking place over one Sunday in New York. After falling out with her fiancé, Eileen arrives at the flat of her brother Adam, a pilot trying to conceal the tangle in his own life. What is really on her mind is whether being a virgin is what ends her relationships, and she talks about it with him openly. The day that begins with Mike, whom she meets on a bus, proceeds through a chain of misunderstandings. The film treats sex openly for its period and defends a woman's right to decide for herself, while returning to a conventional position at the end. It is heavy on dialogue and its stage origins are plain. Jane Fonda appears in one of her early roles. Who it's for: viewers who like romantic comedy of the sixties. Who it's not for: anyone who will find the period's ideas about gender uncomfortable.