Tag: Dirk Bogarde

I Could Go On Singing (Blu-ray)

July 30, 2016

Judy Garland’s last film role in I Could Go On Singing could easily be mistaken as fictionalized account of her own life. She stars as Jenny Bowman, a legendary singer seemingly bent on self-destruction. In London on a concert tour,…

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The Night Porter (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

December 7, 2014

Extremely controversial when it was released in 1974, The Night Porter remains uncomfortable experience largely because it refuses to provide clear, and easy answers for what is going on. The setting is Vienna, 1957. Max (Dirk Bogarde), a forty-something bachelor,…

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