“Smooth Talk,” directed by Joyce Chopra, was recently revived with a restoration at this year’s New York Film Festival. The film was originally released in 1985, but it deserves to be revisited in ...

Adult filmgoers who object to teen movies might do so less often if more of these films were made with as much craft and care as Smooth Talk has been. To call Smooth Talk a teen movie, in fact, is ...

Smooth Talk, the 1985 Laura Dern breakout, has gotten a restoration and re-release after being ignored in its day. Based on the Joyce Carol Oates short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

A coming-of-age story, ‘80s nostalgia, and a thriller collide in Joyce Chopra’s Smooth Talk, adapted from a short story by famed author Joyce Carol Oates. At the center of the film is Connie (Laura ...

Filmmaker Joyce Chopra is no stranger to Harvard Square. In 1958, fresh from graduating Brandeis University, she and pal Paula Kelly opened Club 47 on Mt. Auburn Street, modeling it after the Parisian ...

Recent teenage movies, such as ”Pretty in Pink,” would have you believe that the biggest issue in a high school student`s life is the prom. It`s an issue all right, but it`s not the issue. The prom, ...

The "Smooth Talk" filmmaker is sharing her life and career in a brand new memoir with a cheeky title. In conversation with IndieWire, she gets even more free-wheeling. When filmmaker Joyce Chopra was ...

It pays to be nice, it seems. “The Talk,” the new mommy version of “The View” which debuted on CBS last week, drew a solid audience of 2.2 million viewers in its first week, according Nielsen ratings.

Summer 2022, like all good things, is coming to the end. So why not spend a few more days in Paradise as we present six films to bid it adieu? You won't want to miss part 2 of our celebration of ...