Crossing Delancey
Directed by Joan Micklin Silver • 1988 • United States
Starring Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, David Hyde Pierce
Joan Micklin Silver’s wonderfully, warmly Jewish spin on the romantic comedy follows literary, uptown-dwelling Manhattanite Izzy Grossman (a luminous Amy Irving), who finds herself caught between the worldly European poet (Jeroen Krabbé) she’s enamored with and the humble pickle salesman (Peter Riegert) her matchmaking Lower East Side Bubbie (a scene-stealing Reizl Bozyk) foists upon her. Eschewing the standard rom-com playbook for something richer and more complex, Crossing Delancey is a refreshingly nuanced look at the conundrum faced by women in the “have it all” ’80s.
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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, warmly Jewish spin on the romantic comedy follows literary, uptown-dwelling Manhattanite Izzy Grossman (a luminous Amy Irving), who finds herself caught...
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.
