Directed by Joyce Chopra • 1985 • United States
Starring Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place
Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on Joyce Carol Oates’s celebrated short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,” the narrative debut from Joyce Chopra features a revelatory breakout performance by Laura Dern as Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, whose summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations is shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger (a memorably menacing Treat Williams). Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, SMOOTH TALK captures the thrill and terror of adolescent sexual exploration, and it transforms the conventions of a coming-of-age story into something altogether more troubling and profound.
Directed by Tom Moore • 1986 • United States
Starring Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke
Based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Marsha Norman, ’NIGHT, MOTHER is a powerful showcase for Academy Award winners Anne Bancroft and Sissy Spacek, who star as a mother and daughter locked in a dev...
Directed by Jonathan Demme • 1986 • United States
Starring Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, Ray Liotta
A straitlaced businessman meets a quirky, free-spirited woman at a downtown New York greasy spoon. Her offer of a ride back to his office results in a lunchtime motel rendezvous—just the beginni...
Directed by Jack Fisk • 1986 • United States
Starring Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia
A chance reunion becomes a second chance in this touching, bittersweet love story directed by legendary production designer Jack Fisk, famed for his collaborations with Terrence Malick, David Lynch, a...
