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The subversive joys of Joan Micklin Silver's little-known New York City short films


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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 Carol Kane, Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976) starring Shelley Duvall, and Crossing Delancey (1988) starring Amy Irving. In the Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen pointed out that with the recently renewed focus on female filmmakers in Hollywood, Silver s work has enjoyed revived interest in recent years.  However, discussions of Silver s career routinely ignored some of the gems in her filmography: the highly original, progressive, and delightful educational films she made in New York City at the start of her film career in the early 1970s.  ....

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Renowned Production Designer Stuart Wurtzel to Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards


Renowned Production Designer Stuart Wurtzel to Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards
ADG Awards Set For Saturday, April 10, 2021
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Stuart Wurtzel, best known for his work on
Hannah and Her Sisters and
Angels in America
, will receive the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25
th Annual  ADG Awards. The Awards ceremony, set for Saturday, April 10, 2021, will break with tradition in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and will be presented on a virtual platform, streaming to a worldwide and more inclusive audience. The event will honor Wurtzel s exceptional spectrum of iconic designs for film, television and theater, created over six decades. This is the first of four Lifetime Achievement Awards to be announced by the Art Directors Guild. The event is free to everyone but regis ....

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Joan Micklin Silver: the Lower East Side, yes; Hollywood, no, and that was Hollywood's loss


Joan Micklin Silver: the Lower East Side, yes; Hollywood, no, and that was Hollywood’s loss
By Ty Burr Globe Staff,Updated January 7, 2021, 2:48 p.m.
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Joan Micklin Silver s 1977 film, Between the Lines, included in its cast Lindsay Crouse (left) and Jeff Goldblum.Midwest Films
Won’t you raise a glass and sit a little shiva for Joan Micklin Silver, who died Dec. 31, at 85? A barrier-breaking filmmaker, she directed three of the finest movies of the late 1970s, one late-1980s romantic comedy that looks better with every passing year, and a little-known gem that was among HBO’s very first original films. ....

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Joan Micklin Silver, Director of 'Crossing Delancey,' Dies at 85


Joan Micklin Silver, Director of ‘Crossing Delancey,’ Dies at 85
She broke barriers for women, directing seven feature films, including “Hester Street” and “Between the Lines,” as well as TV movies.
Joan Micklin Silver in the late 1970s while filming an adaptation of the Ann Beattie novel “Chilly Scenes of Winter.” She had a love-hate relationship with movie studios.Credit.United Artists, via Photofest
Published Jan. 1, 2021Updated Jan. 4, 2021
Joan Micklin Silver, the filmmaker whose first feature, “Hester Street,” expanded the marketplace for American independent film and broke barriers for women in directing, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan. She was 85. ....

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