Arthur Laurents’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Arthur Laurents has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1990s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Rope.
Recurring themes

Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
Documentary

When We Were Kings
1996
Documentary

The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
Drama

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
2023
Documentary

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
Documentary

After Porn Ends
2012
Documentary

Ghosts of the Abyss
2003
Documentary

McLaren
2016
Documentary
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger

Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains 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.
Dir. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman · With Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.
Dir. Anatole Litvak · With Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes

A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to keep her frivolous lifestyle at all costs.
Dir. Otto Preminger · With Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg