Joan Micklin Silver
May 24, 1935 · 91 years old
Joan Micklin Silver (May 24, 1935 – December 31, 2020) was an American director. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska and received her B.A. From Sarah Lawrence College. Her early low budget film Hester Street received Best Actress Oscar nomination for actress Carol Kane. Her 1977 film Between the Lines…
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9 titles
Loverboy
Randy is still unfocused after 2 years in college. When his dad refuses to keep paying his tuition, he gets a job delivering pizzas. Several alluring cougars pay him $200 for pizza delivery and "services rendered." As for their hu...
Crossing Delancey
A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker.
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
A girl fed up with her quirky, disfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
Hester Street
In 1896, a Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York's Lower East Side to reunite with her Americanized husband, but has difficulty assimilating.
Between the Lines
The lives and tribulations of a staff of an independent newspaper in Boston who're struggling financially. Unbeknownst to them, they are about to be taken over by a big publisher; an idea they despise.
Hunger Point
A family is pushed to its limits when one of the daughters' lives is blighted by an eating disorder.
Charms for the Easy Life
The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.
A Fish in the Bathtub
An exasperated son and daughter plays mediator and matchmaker for her elderly, eccentric parents, who just cannot stop annoying each other.
On the Yard
In prison, one prisoner buys some smokes from another. Then he admits he can't pay for it and becomes indebted to him and the interest is rising daily.