Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Ethan Hawke (Brooklyn&s Finest) plays Harry Ricks in this adaptation of novelist Douglas Kennedy&s erotic thriller by the director of & My Summer of Love& & & Last Resort& Ricks& life is out of control
- separated from his wife he heads to Paris in search of his daughter & the bohemian life of a would-be writer But a series of encounters with the wrong kind of people start to push him towards free fall until he meets mysterious emigre Margit played by Kristin Scott Thomas (Sarah&s Key) who seduces him & appears to offer him the hedonistic & uncomplicated life he craves Actors Ethan Hawke Kristen Scott Thomas Joanna Kulig Samir Guesmi Delphine Chuillot Julie Papillon Geoffrey Carey Mamadou Minte Mohamed Aroussi Judith Cassarino Judith Burnett Marcela Iacub Wilfred Benaïche & Pierre Marcoux Director Pawel Pawlikowski Certificate 15 years & over Year 2011 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 23 minutes (approx)
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Richard Avedon redefined portrait & fashion photography in the 20th century In the 1940s Avedon burst onto the fashion scene infusing his photographs with touches of realism & the fantastic His images were among the first to replace the stiff poses of the past with energetic action scenes that commanded the pages of Harper&s Bazaar & Vogue magazines from the mid-&40s through the 1980s He took his models out of the studios & brought them to cafes & casinos posing them with well-dressed escorts His models nuzzled elephants stood amongst circus performers & leapt like gymnasts As his career progressed Avedon developped a deceptively simple studio portrait style which he would continue throughout his life With uncompromising directness he portrayed his subjects against a white background with no extraneous details to distract from the essential specificity of face gaze dress & gesture This challenging innovation coupled with the artist&s intense interest in his subjects & mastery of his craft resulted in mesmerizing portraits among them Marilyn Monroe Anna Magnani Suzy Parker Tina Turner Stephanie Seymour & many more ...

My life is free random & spontaneous This in itself creates enormous energy & clarity in body & mind
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' Woman much missed how you call to me call to me' After the death of his wife Emma a grief-stricken Hardy wrote some of the best verse of his career Moving & evocative it ranks among the greatest elegiac poetry in the language Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) Hardy's works available in Penguin Classics are A Laodicean A Pair of Blue Eyes Desperate Remedies Far from the Madding Crowd Jude the Obscure Selected Poems Tess of the d' Urbervilles The Distracted Preacher & Other Tales The Fiddler of the Reels & Other Stories The Hand of Ethelberta The Mayor of Casterbridge The Pursuit of the Well-beloved & The Well-beloved The Return of the Native The Trumpet-Major The Withered Arm & Other Stories The Woodlanders Two on a Tower & Under the Greenwood Tree ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Femme Fatale supreme Joan Bennett & Oscar nominated Robert Ryan star in this haunting & compelling 1947 RKO psychological drama directed by the great Jean Renoir A traumatised war veteran Lt Scott Burnett (Robert Ryan) meets a strange & tormented couple living in an isolated beach house Tod Butler (Charles Bickford) is a once-famous artist who is now blind bitter & intensely jealous after an assault by his wife Peggy Butler (Joan Bennett) is a passionate & wayward woman who stays with her husband out of guilt but soon falls for the charms of the handsome Burnett Burnett spurns his fiancee (Nan Leslie) to start an affair with Peggy while her blind husband remains oblivious Or does he? Burnett starts to suspect that the artist is faking his blindness & as passions rise one of the tortured characters begins to have thoughts of murder Jean Renoir s last (and most controversial) American film this chilling & complex drama has now been digitally restored & remastered especially for this its first ever appearance on UK DVD ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD region B Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free DVDBlu-ray player in order to play Thanks to the efforts of the Film Noir Foundation this terrific film noir the only American print of which was burned in a 2008 fire has been rescued & restored to its original lustre! This nervy shot-on-location thriller featuring a stunning performance from Ann Sheridan (Angels with Dirty Faces They Drive by Night) showcases one of the finest cinematic depictions of mid-20th century San Francisco After witnessing a gangland execution Frank goes into hiding while his wife Eleanor (Sheridan) & the cops go on a wild chase around San Francisco before Frank is silenced by the mob Eleanor is certain she ll lead them to her husband whose testimony against the killer could bring down a crime kingpin But Eleanor & her Frank are separated
- she never wants to see him again When roguish newspaperman Danny Legget (Dennis O Keefe T-Men Raw Deal) charms Eleanor into helping him track down the hidden husband
- there are unexpected stunning & poignant results Restored by the Film Noir Foundation in conjunction with UCLA Film &38; Television Archive Woman on the Run is finally made available in the UK for the first time on DVD & Blu-ray Actors Ann Sheridan Dennis O Keefe Robert Keith Directors Norman Foster Format CDDVD PALLanguage English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Number of discs 2

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Isabella (Penelope Cruz) is a beautiful Brazilian enchantress who runs a successful restaurant with her husband Nino However when Isabella finds out that Nino has been cheating on her she heads for San Francisco to pursue her dream of a culinary career on her own She moves in with her childhood friend cross-dresser Monica & is soon given the opportunity to host her own TV show
- an offer she cannot refuse Meanwhile back in Brazil Nino has decided to travel northwards in a bid to win back his wife&s love
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Shirley Mac Laine stars in seven vignettes each telling a story of adultery in this essay on sexual mores in the late 1960s by Italian director Vittorio De Sica In & Funeral Possession& a widow misbehaves at her husband&s funeral In & Amateur Night& an embittered wife turns to prostitution out of revenge In & Two Against One& a girl who appears to be a prude turns out to have surprising traits & Super Simone& sees a young wife adopting increasingly elaborate methods to divert her workaholic writer husband & At the Opera& depicts an ugly battle over a supposedly exclusive dress & Suicides& shows a couple making a death pact In & Snow& a woman&s new flame turns out to be a private detective hired by her jealous husband ...

For the last 70 years the guests of Woman's Hour have been entertaining listeners with their compelling combination of wit warmth insight & humour Woman's Hour has interviewed many of the biggest female names from entertainment politics the arts & beyond Words from Wise Witty & Wonderful Women is a collection of"es & extracts from 70 years of the Woman's Hour archive featuring some of the most memorable guests to appear on the programme from Doris Lessing to Nora Ephron Hilary Clinton to JK Rowling & Bette Davis to Meryl Streep Charting the social & political revolution that has taken place in women's lives over the past 70 years as well as the perennial aspects of female life such as love family relationships the workplace sex ageing & food this delightful book shares fascinating insights & sage advice from the wise & wonderful women that have graced the Woman's Hour airwaves over the decades ...

Womanthology is a large-scale anthology showcasing the works of women in comics It is created entirely by over 140 women of all experience levels from young girls who love to create comics all the way up to top industry professionals All of the short stories will center around the theme for this volume
- Heroic There will also be features such as Professional How-To&&s a Kids Teens section showcasing their works & giving tips as well as a section dedicated to some Iconic female comic creators of the past such as Nell Brinkley & much more Profits of this book will go towards the Charities of Global Giving
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