Also Starring… Carol Kane

A singular presence with her thick, golden corkscrew mane, wide silent screen star eyes, and unforgettable, warbling diction, Carol Kane, whose first film performances came when she was still a teenager, rose to prominence following her Academy Award-nominated lead role in Joan Micklin Silver’s 1975 Hester Street, and over her six decades onscreen, has been something close to a guarantor of quality in a film. Equally adept in comedy and drama, through the years Kane has shown a rare sense of good curatorial taste in choosing her roles, at home and abroad. This edition of our ongoing Also Starring… series showcases the deeply intelligent eclecticism of her extraordinary career, featuring Kane in L.E.S. melodramas, fantasy-flavored comedies, claustrophobic thrillers, and much else besides.