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  1. laurakitty.substack.com › p › joyce-at-34Joyce at 34 - by Laura McLaws Helms - Sighs & Whispers - Substack

    Jan 13, 2024 · By filming herself giving birth and talking honestly about the identity crisis of motherhood, Joyce Chopra was a “crucial forebear of generations of first-person filmmakers” (in the words of Richard Brody at The New Yorker) and helped lay the path for those confessionals and

  2. www.wbur.org › news › 2024/03/07Landmark film 'Not a Pretty Picture' pulls apart a director's ......

    Mar 7, 2024 · Still, one of the more heartening developments on the movie beat these past few years has been seeing filmmakers from Coolidge’s era like Joan Micklin Silver, Joyce Chopra and Nancy Savoca...

  3. www.criterion.com › current › postsNot a Pretty Picture: - The Criterion Collection

    Aug 20, 2024 · Like so many films made by women in the seventies—including those of Joyce Chopra, Claudia Weill, Amalie Rothschild, and Joan Micklin Silver—Not a Pretty Picture was well received at women’s film festivals but was met with a muted reception outside that context.

  4. filmobsessive.com › film › film-featuresSmooth Talk: A Timeless Exploration of Teenage Girlhood

    Aug 14, 2024 · Joyce Chopra’s Smooth Talk was released in 1985 yet it still echoes the horrors and beauty that it can be to be a teenage girl. The film is centered around Connie, played by a nineteen-year-old Laura Dern.

  5. freshfiction.tv › tag › joyce-chopraJoyce Chopra – Fresh Fiction

    Jul 3, 2024 · Joyce Chopra. Joyce Chopra. 7 min read. Blu-ray Review Movie Review Reviews Portraits of ladies on fire: ‘SMOOTH TALK’ and ‘GIRLFRIENDS’ share more in common than a home at Criterion. Preston Barta March 5, 2021 . 1985's 'SMOOTH TALK' and ...

  6. shorelocalnews.com › the-lemon-sisters-a-charming-and-almost‘The Lemon Sisters:’ A charming, and almost ... - Shore Local...

    Feb 29, 2024 · Joyce Chopra was noted for her expertise as a director of documentary films with a feminist focus. Prior to “The Lemon Sisters,” she had directed only one mainstream feature film, “Smooth Talk” from 1985, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival that year.

  7. www.yahoo.com › entertainment › murder-hampshire-pamela-wojasMurder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story Streaming...

    Jun 9, 2024 · In Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story, Joyce Chopra directs this true-crime drama depicting the chilling events surrounding Pamela Smart. Smart, disillusioned...

  8. precastreinforced.co.uk › 2024/05/16 › the-todd-killingsThe Todd Killings, Smooth Talk, and the allure of the creep

    May 16, 2024 · That’s a question grappled with by two films based on Schmid’s story, 1971’s The Todd Killings, directed by Barry Shear, and 1985’s Smooth Talk, directed by Joyce Chopra. Both films ultimately share the same original source: a 1966 Life magazine article by Don Moser called ‘The Pied Piper of Tucson’.

  9. www.ranker.com › list › best-movies-about-marilyn-monroeThe 15+ Best Movies About Marilyn Monroe, Ranked By Fans

    Jan 23, 2024 · Inspired by the fictional novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, this film offers a captivating reimagining of the life and career of the legendary American actress, Marilyn Monroe, portrayed by the mesmerizing Ana de Armas.

  10. www.thereviewgeek.com › callthemidwife-s13endingexplainedSeason 13 Episode 8 Recap, Review & Ending Explained - The Review...

    Mar 25, 2024 · During their meeting, Joyce hands over her entire month’s wage, but Sylvester demands more, threatening to expose her use of a false name in the midwifery program. When Rosaline learns of this, she confronts Sylvester, who cryptically mentions someone named Claudine.