Rainbow Colored Glasses

Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince portrays the final years of Oscar Wilde. After two years in prison, he is exiled to France. My guests and I discuss his messy relationships with friends and lovers.

Dorian Gray is an immortal twink with a deadly secret. Oliver Parker’s film drains most of the queerness from Oscar Wilde’s novel. My guest and I examine what remains. Podcast favorite Colin Firth is back as the evil Lord Henry.

In Apartment Zero a neurotic cinema owner (Colin Firth) grows obsessed with his sketchy flat mate (Hart Bochner). My guest and I discuss the messy characters in this strange mix of erotic thriller and political allegory. This episode merits a trigger warning for a discussion of transphobia.

In A Single Man, Colin Firth plays a professor grieving the loss of his lover. Julianne Moore and Nicholas Hoult play admirers who offer him away forward. My guests and I debate the controversial changes filmmaker Tom Ford made to Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel. This episode merits a trigger warning for discussions of self-harm.

In Another Country a Russian spy recounts the bullying he endured at his English Boarding School. Writer Julian Mitchell’s story was inspired by the Cambridge Five, a group of British diplomats who gave military secrets to the Soviets during the Cold War. Rupert Everett and Colin Firth lead a terrific cast.