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Joan Micklin Silver

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Joan Micklin Silver

Born May 24, 1935 · Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Died December 31, 2020 · aged 85

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 was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. She is also known for the film Crossi…

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LoverboyLoverboy · 1989
Loverboy
★ 6.01989
MovieComedyRomance
Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza with extra anchovies, it means the female customers are looking for some loving. But, as Randy soon learns, life as a professional gigolo can get pretty complicated.
Crossing DelanceyCrossing Delancey · 1988
Crossing Delancey
★ 5.91988
MovieComedyRomance
Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton, yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam, a pickle vendor.
A Fish in the BathtubA Fish in the Bathtub · 1999
A Fish in the Bathtub
★ 6.51999
MovieComedyRomance
A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.
Between the LinesBetween the Lines · 1977
Between the Lines
★ 5.51977
MovieComedyDrama
The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get EvenBig Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even · 1992
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
★ 6.11992
MovieComedy
A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
The NightingaleThe Nightingale · 1983
The Nightingale
★ 5.21983
MovieFantasyTV Movie
A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.
On the YardOn the Yard · 1978
On the Yard
★ 6.01978
MovieDrama
Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.
Hester StreetHester Street · 1975
Hester Street
★ 6.31975
MovieDramaRomance
A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.

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