When Joan Micklin Silver died on the last day of 2020, cinephiles mourned the passing of a major American filmmaker, a status to which she may have begun to ascend in late 2014, when IFC Center ...

Despite breaking barriers in Hollywood, Joan Micklin Silver remains largely unknown outside of cinema circles, including in her home state of Nebraska.

Joan Micklin Silver on the set of “Finnegan Begin Again,” a movie that aired on HBO in 1985. Silver directed seven movies for theatrical debuts and nine that were made for TV. Despite breaking ...

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American art house cinemas once played foreign-language movies exclusively. Then this black and white portrait of Jewish life in 1890s New York by Joan Micklin Silver helped spark a shift. The 4K ...

Marisa Silver is delighted that the UW-Madison Cinematheque program will show the films of her late mother, Joan Micklin Silver, including "Hester Street" tonight.

Joan Micklin Silver’s 1975 feature debut Hester Street, in which the nosy vernacular of Jewish socializing figures significantly, returns to theaters this week in a lovely 4K restoration.

Marisa Silver, Daughter of Director Joan Micklin Silver, Discusses the 4k Restoration of ‘Hester Street’ Marisa Silver also talks about the impact and legacy of her mother’s work.

One of the first celebrity deaths to hit in 2021 was that of filmmaker Joan Micklin Silver. Not as well-remembered by the public today as she was ...

After her passing at the end of 2020, obituaries celebrated Joan Micklin Silver’s pioneering directorial work on feature and made-for-television films like “Hester Street” (1975) starring ...

JOAN Micklin Silver, who has died aged 85, was a filmmaker who broke through Hollywood resistance to women directors to eventually hit a commercial peak with her 1988 rom-com Crossing Delancey.