Crossing Delancey
Directed by Joan Micklin Silver • 1988 • United States
Starring Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, David Hyde Pierce
Joan Micklin Silver’s wonderfully affectionate spin on the romantic comedy infuses the genre with a fresh, personal perspective, following an unmarried Jewish woman’s search for fulfillment in New York City. Happily independent bookstore manager Izzy (a luminous Amy Irving) isn’t looking for love, but she’s forced to reevaluate her desires when she catches the eye of two very different men: a self-centered novelist (Jeroen Krabbé) and the mild-mannered Lower East Side pickle seller (Peter Riegert) with whom her old-fashioned bubbie (scene-stealing Yiddish-theater star Reizl Bozyk) sets her up. A love letter to 1980s Manhattan shot in beautifully burnished, autumnal tones, CROSSING DELANCEY gracefully captures the magic of a city where disparate cultures, generations, and traditions both clash and connect.
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Crossing Delancey
Directed by Joan Micklin Silver • 1988 • United States
Starring Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, David Hyde PierceJoan Micklin Silver’s wonderfully affectionate spin on the romantic comedy infuses the genre with a fresh, personal perspective, following an unmarried Jewish woman’s search for fulfillme...
Extras
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CROSSING DELANCEY Revisited
This new program, produced in fall 2024, revisits the making of CROSSING DELANCEY and the film’s lasting legacy. It features interviews with actors Amy Irving and Peter Riegert, as well as screenwriter Susan Sandler.
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Joan Micklin Silver at AFI
Presented here are excerpts of director Joan Micklin Silver’s Harold Lloyd Master Seminar, conducted at the American Film Institute in November 1988. In it, she discusses her career, her approach to filmmaking, and her work on CROSSING DELANCEY.
