Sidney Lumet directed The Deadly Affair, a British spy film based on John le Carré’s first novel, “Call for the Dead,” starring James Mason Theatrical release poster Paramount had acquired the film rights to the Smiley character name when making The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965), a Martin Ritt movie that proved […]

Porter considers the media attention on the R&B balladeer’s body (he long struggled with his weight) as an entry point to examine Vandross’ desire to be loved. 

The film is loosely based on a real-life murderers tale, which Hitchcock had made in the 1948 Rope, starring Farley Granger and John Dall, and indie director Tom Kalin would revisit in the 1992 Swoon.

However, viewers back then–and especially later on–knew that he was a gay boy, fearful of the stigma attached to his real sexual identity.

Spielberg Takes Soft, Selective View of his Formative Years and Obsession with Filmmaking