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A. Friend in Low Places: On Treat Williams in 'Smooth Talk'  The Reveal | Scott Tobias

Smooth Talk  4Columns

'Smooth Talk' Review: An Uncannily Assured Look at Teenage Anxieties  Slant Magazine

Seeing and Being Seen in Smooth Talk  Paste Magazine

The Overlooked Film That Launched a Teenage Laura Dern’s Career  AnOther Magazine

I Think I Understand: An Appreciation of Laura Dern’s Performance in “Smooth Talk”  sundance.org

Conversation with Laura Dern, Joyce Chopra and Joyce Carol Oates about Smooth Talk  Eye For Film

Smooth Talk  The New Yorker

Laura Dern’s Rise to Lynchian Musedom Began With 1985's "Smooth Talk"  InsideHook

‘Smooth Talk’: 1985’s Bittersweet Coming of Age Story Remains Resonant in 2020  The Harvard Crimson

How Laura Dern inspired Alicia Silverstone: “I just wanted to be around her”  Far Out Magazine

REVIEW: "SMOOTH TALK" (1986) STARRING LAURA DERN; CRITERION BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION  Cinema Retro

People have been trying to crack the 6-digit code in a Joyce Carol Oates story since 1966  Boing Boing

Laura Dern’s Forgotten Teen Movie Smooth Talk Is A Haunting Story Of Sex & Girlhood  Refinery29

Smooth Talk Restoration Trailer: A Young Laura Dern is Introduced in Sundance Winner  The Film Stage

Interview: Joyce Chopra on Creating a Believable Teen Movie with Smooth Talk  Slant Magazine

Smooth Talk - Film Review  Eye For Film

Blu-ray Review: Joyce Chopra’s Smooth Talk on the Criterion Collection  Slant Magazine

Five actors who gave their best performances in movies you’ve never seen  Far Out Magazine

Understanding the terrifying power of the final scene in ‘Smooth Talk’  Far Out Magazine

FILM: 'SMOOTH TALK,' FROM JOYCE CAROL OATES TALE (Published 1986)  The New York Times

Harvard Film Archive celebrates filmmaker Joyce Chopra with mini-retrospective  WBUR

'Smooth Talk' Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Review - Laura Dern Is Thrilling In Powerful, Underrated 80s Drama  Geek Vibes Nation

Highlights from Week One of the New York Film Festival  The New Yorker

Happy Birthday, Laura Dern!  The Film Experience

Wings of the Hawk The Parallax View Smooth Talk : Jim Hemphill’s Home Video Recommendations  Filmmaker Magazine

Blu-ray Review: SMOOTH TALK, Adulthood Can Come Too Fast  ScreenAnarchy

Showbiz History: Eartha Kitt, Smooth Talk, From Dusk Till Dawn  The Film Experience