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 […]