Gavin Lambert Movies

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

During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and...

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

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

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....

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

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...

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

A gifted classical pianist, fueled by poverty, Wladiziu Valentino Liberace was already playing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. ...

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...

Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere...

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

Newly discovered interviews with friends of Truman Capote made by Paris Review co-founder George Plimpton invigorate this fascinating documentary on...

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...

After a puritan youth, a young English woman discovers her sensuality in North-Africa.

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

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

Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and...

Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era.