Tag: Hester Street

  • ‘Hester Street’ Is A Classic Jewish Immigrant Tale Worth Seeking Out [NYFF Review]

    ‘Hester Street’ Is A Classic Jewish Immigrant Tale Worth Seeking Out [NYFF Review]

    “Hester Street,” Joan Micklin Silver’s classic 1975 feature debut, portrays with momentous poignancy the Jewish immigrant experience in turn-of-the-century New York City: the lure of assimilation and the falling-away of tradition; the awesome, awful promise of becoming American. Newly restored in a 4K version that retains the 35mm original’s Jacob Riis-like black-and-white textures of Lower…

  • The director who dared to suggest Jewish men don’t need rescuing by blond women

    The director who dared to suggest Jewish men don’t need rescuing by blond women

    The late film-maker Joan Micklin Silver exploded the cliches of modern romances. If only others would do the sameThe director Joan Micklin Silver, who died last week, was – to use the kind of cliche she abhorred – a pioneer. She was a female director at a time when studio executives were more than comfortable…

  • Joan Micklin Silver, Crossing Delancey director, dies aged 85

    Joan Micklin Silver, Crossing Delancey director, dies aged 85

    One of the few women film-makers working in Hollywood in the 1970 and 80s was best known for her Jewish-themed films set in New York’s Lower East SideJoan Micklin Silver, the American film-maker best known for the Jewish-inflected romcom Crossing Delancey and the largely Yiddish-language immigrant romance Hester Street, has died aged 85. The New…

  • Joan Micklin Silver, ‘Crossing Delancey’ Director, Dies at 85

    Joan Micklin Silver, ‘Crossing Delancey’ Director, Dies at 85

    Joan Micklin Silver, who forged her own way as a female director in the 1970s and ’80s and helmed seven features including “Crossing Delancey” and “Hester Street,” died Thursday in Manhattan. She was 85.Her daughter, Claudia Silver, told the New York Times the cause was vascular dementia.The 1975 independent film “Hester Street” was the story…

  • Joan Micklin Silver, Director of ‘Crossing Delancey’ and ‘Hester Street,’ Dies at 85

    Joan Micklin Silver, Director of ‘Crossing Delancey’ and ‘Hester Street,’ Dies at 85

    Joan Micklin Silver, the director of films like “Crossing Delancy,” “Hester Street,” and “Between the Lines” died on Thursday at the age of 85, The New York Times reports. Her daughter, Claudia Silver, told the paper that the cause of death was vascular dementia. In addition to Claudia, Silver’s survivors include two other daughters, Dina…