The Capote Tapes 2021

A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of his time.

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood 2009

On Cukor 2000

Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and interviews with his friends and colleagues to provide a picture of the director’s unique accomplishments and to trace the arc of his career.

Universal Horror 1998

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.

Dead on the Money 1991

An actress is persuaded by a charming man to join him in a scheme of revenge against his cousin.

Sweet Bird of Youth 1989

Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younger hotel masseur and resident gigolo.

Liberace: Behind the Music 1988

A gifted classical pianist, fueled by poverty, Wladiziu Valentino Liberace was already playing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. Through a variety of his highs and lows, chaptered in TV-style format, Liberace's life from his early years through his death are chronicled.

Second Serve 1986

Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.

Rich and Famous 1981

Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977

A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

Interval 1973

An emotionally fragile older woman embarks on an ill-fated love affair with a handsome young artist while traveling through Mexico's Yucatan peninsula...

I Want What I Want 1972

Roy leaves his abusive father's house and starts life anew as a woman, named Wendy. Through trial and error, she learns the skills and consequences of being a woman.

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? 1972

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Inside Daisy Clover 1965

A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 1961

Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.

Sons and Lovers 1960

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.

Strange Witness 1958

Ruth and her lover David are caught having an affair by her husband John. When John refuses to give Ruth a divorce, David shoots him. Before Ruth and David can make plans to cover up the murder, John's blind friend Chris shows up.

Bitter Victory 1957

During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.

Bigger Than Life 1956

A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.