Joan Micklin Silver's classic 1975 film is debuting as a stage play at Theater J in Washington, D.C., complete with Yiddish and songs.

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.

Joan Micklin Silver is who you’re talking about, isn’t it? DEADLINE: Yes. KANE: Actually, there’s a dedication to her at the end of our movie, Between the Temples: “JMS”.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joan Micklin Silver, who forged a path for female directors and independent filmmakers with movies including “Hester Street” and “Crossing Delancey,” has died. She was 85.

Joan Micklin Silver, who forged a path for female directors and independent filmmakers with movies including “Hester Street” and “Crossing Delancey,” has died. Silver died from vascular ...

She’s so great. Joan Micklin Silver is who you’re talking about, isn’t it? DEADLINE: Yes. KANE: Actually, there’s a dedication to her at the end of our movie, Between the Temples: “JMS”.

Born to Russian Jewish parents in Omaha, Nebraska, Joan Micklin Silver launched her feature film career in 1975 with Hester Street, a film based on a short story by Abraham Cahan.She wrote the ...

Joan Micklin Silver, the evocative filmmaker who brilliantly transformed a gritty mid-1970s Manhattan into turn-of-the-century Jewish tenement life for “Hester Street,” has died at the age of 85.

[This is the second of three interviews with key collaborators on Joan Micklin Silver’s Crossing Delancey. Click here to read the first part, an interview with screenwriter Susan Sandler, and click ...

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 ...

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 ...

Director Joan Micklin Silver keeps the tone excessively neutral, leading to difficulty sympathizing with Charles (John Heard) and Laura (Mary Beth Hurt).