Jay Presson Allen

Cabaret -- Liza Minnelli stars in this musical extravaganza set in a Berlin cabaret in 1931, where the rising tide of Nazism has direct effects on the lives of several individuals.

Marnie -- Hitchcock creates a masterful psychological thriller about a compulsive liar and thief (Tippi Hedren), who winds up marrying the very man (Sean Connery) she attempts to rob.

What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein (The Times of Harvey Milk and Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt) and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes.

Hitchcock creates a masterful psychological thriller about a compulsive liar and thief (Tippi Hedren), who winds up marrying the very man (Sean Connery) she attempts to rob. When a terrible accident pushes her over the edge, her husband struggles to help her face her demons as the plot races to an inescapable conclusion.

Lily Tomlin narrates as moviemaker Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.

Ira Levin's cat-and-mouse Broadway suspense smash about a playwright's deadly game of murder gets diabolically comic screen treatment.

Ira Levin's cat-and-mouse Broadway suspense smash about a playwright's deadly game of murder gets diabolically comic screen treatment.

Suspense and excitement are unleashed in this wickedly amusing who'll-do-it starring Golden Globe-nominee Christopher Reeve ("Superman"), Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Michael Caine ("Hannah and Her Sisters," "Little Voice") and Dyan Cannon ("Heaven Can Wait," "Honeysuckle Rose"). A tale of intrigue directed by Sidney Lumet ("Guilty As Sin," "Dog Day Afternoon"), and based on the play by Ira Levin ("Sliver," "Rosemary's Baby," "A Kiss Before Dying," "The Stepford Wives").

Suspense and excitement are unleashed in this wickedly amusing who'll-do-it starring Christopher Reeve, Michael Caine and Dyan Cannon. A tale of intrigue directed by Sidney Lumet, and based on the play by Ira Levin.

Treat Williams portrays special investigator Danny Ciello in this epic film about a New York detective who turns state's evidence and is plunged into a nightmare of conflicting moral issues.

Treat Williams portrays special investigator Danny Ciello in this epic film about a New York detective who turns state's evidence and is plunged into a nightmare of conflicting moral issues.

Treat Williams ("Once Upon a Time in America") portrays special investigator Danny Ciello, in this epic film from Sidney Lumet ("Serpico," "The Verdict") about a New York detective who turns state's evidence and is plunged into a nightmare of conflicting moral issues. Awarded the 1981 N.Y. Film Critic's Award for Best Director, Oscar-nominated, and one of that year's ten-best films, Rex Reed calls this "a great film indeed that sends you out of the cinema wasted, charged, and demanding answers." With Jerry Orbach ("Law & Order"), Lindsay Crouse ("Places in the Heart") and Bob Balaban ("Absence of Malice").