Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “ A Gay Old Time .” In this week’s column, with late closeted film star Dirk Bogarde in the news, let’s revisit one of his great roles, 1963’s The Servant ...
The Servant is for the most part strong dramatic ... novel is distinguished by its literacy and sharp incisive dialog. Dirk Bogarde plays a manservant who is hired by a young and elegant man ...
The late Dirk Bogarde was a celebrated British actor who ... film to use the word “homosexual”) to the subtextual The Servant to 1971’s Death in Venice, which is all about queer desire ...
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FILM star Dirk Bogarde was investigated by spies at MI5 as they thought he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” attempt by the Russians, newly-declassified files show. Documents released ...
Actor Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” sting by the KGB, newly-declassified files reveal today. The intelligence documents released to the ...
Film star Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” attempt by the KGB, according to newly-declassified intelligence files. Documents released to the ...
The nominees for this year's Oscars were announced live this morning from Hollywood. The 97th Academy Awards will air live on March 2, 2025 on ABC, Hulu & CTV. Justin Baldoni has released videos ...
In this week’s column, with late closeted film star Dirk Bogarde in the news, let’s revisit one of his great roles, 1963’s The Servant. Earlier this week, some newly declassified files from ...