Derived from a medieval ballad THE VIRGIN SPRING was director Ingmar Bergman's first film to win an Academy Award The movie represents a return to simpler themes for Bergman after the philosophical complexity of THE SEVENTH SEAL & WILD STRAWBERRIES On its most basic level it's the story of violent crime violently avenged but it can also be interpreted as a religious allegory on Christian forgiveness A young girl Karin (Birgitta Pettersson) is raped & killed by two herdsman on her way to church Her foster sister played by Gunnel Lindblom witnesses the crime & reports back to Karin's parents (Max von Sydow & Birgitta Valberg) shortly after the perpetrators arrive at the couple's home seeking shelter for the night unaware of their hosts' identity Karin's grief-stricken father decides to take brutal revenge on his daughter's murderers THE VIRGIN SPRING represents Bergman's first full collaboration with director of photography Sven Nykvist who had previously worked as a co-director of photography on SAWDUST & TINSEL ...

Previously adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia Coppola starring Kirsten Dunst this is the story of the five Lisbon sisters
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A sumptuous historical novel set in the court of Elizabeth I from Sunday Times No 1 bestseller Philippa Gregory the author of The Other Boleyn Girl Now I can be the queen that my mother intended me to be the queen I was born to be 1558 After years of waiting Princess Elizabeth accedes to the throne of England But the country is divided the restoration of the Protestant faith ignites opposition from the church & beyond & court remains a treacherous place Many believe that Elizabeth must marry if she is to survive For Robert Dudley Elizabeth's ascension is a glorious new dawn & he quickly positions himself as the young queen's favourite Dudley is a man of powerful lineage; his father had been a kingmaker at the court of Henry VIII But Dudley has many enemies amongst them William Cecil the queen's most trusted advisor As powerful families vie for stakes in the emerging kingdom Elizabeth must secure her own future ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Four guys one camera & their experience chronicling the exhilarating & terrifying rite of passage losing your virginity As these guys help their buddy get laid they&ll have to survive friends with benefits Internet hookups even porn stars during an adventure that proves why you will always remember your first ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Thriller based on the best-selling novel by Frank Peretti When a mysterious stranger with a magic touch descends upon the small town of Antioch the town slowly becomes divided by his seemingly supernatural presence Despite the fact that he may have the power to heal the charismatic stranger radiates a strange aura of menace & malevolence Some believe him to be the one true messiah & others dismiss him as a false prophet sent to seduce the souls of the weak When the events in the stranger&s remote revival tent take a turn for the sinister it&s up to a fallen ex-minister to re-connect with his faith & reveal the suspicious stranger for what he really is ...

' How to tell the story of a 500-page collection of stories spanning more than forty years? Especially when I really want to just exclaim " Oh Oh OH!" in a state of steadily mounting rapture' Geoff Dyer Observer Williams' uniquely devastating portrayals of modern life have been captivating readers & writers for decades Here for the first time Williams' thirty-three best stories are available in a single volume together with thirteen new stories that show a writer continuing to mould the form into something strange & new Bleak but funny real but surreal domestic but dangerous familiar but enigmatic Joy Williams' stories fray away the fabric at the edge of ordinary experience to reveal the loneliness at the heart of human life In ' The Lover' a girl suffers a spiritual & physical wasting away; in ' The Visiting Privilege' a visitor finds refuge in her friend's psychiatric ward; in ' Charity' a woman gives a poor family gas money & finds herself marooned in their peculiar world; in ' Another Season' an itinerant man cleanses an island of roadkill; in ' Craving' an alcoholic couple head towards a car crash The Visiting Privilege represents the culmination of Williams' career & cements her place as the most singular artist of short fiction writing today ...

Featuring Jack Reacher hero of the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise Sergeant Amy Callan & Lieutenant Caroline Cooke have a lot in common Both were army high-flyers Both were aquainted with Jack Reacher Both were forced to resign from the service Now they're both dead Found in their own homes naked in a bath full of paint Apparent victims of an army man A loner a smart guy with a score to settle a ruthless vigilante A man just like Jack Reacher ...

Izzie Mallon planned to spend Christmas alone
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Figures stand approx 25" tall & feature multiple points of articulation ...