Smooth Talk: Girl Power  The Criterion Collection Tue, 23rd February 2021

The Overlooked Film That Launched a Teenage Laura Dern’s Career  AnOther Magazine Tue, 17th November 2020

Understanding the terrifying power of the final scene in ‘Smooth Talk’  Far Out Magazine Sun, 22nd December 2024

Smooth Talk Portrays the Melancholy and Terror of Female Adolescence  Crooked Marquee Wed, 10th September 2025

Smooth Talk - Film Review  Eye For Film Wed, 16th September 2020

'Smooth Talk' Review: An Uncannily Assured Look at Teenage Anxieties  Slant Magazine Sun, 1st November 2020