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Liv Ullmann
Blu-Ray Review: The Serpent’s Egg
Although his star has been on the wane over the past couple of decades, Ingmar Bergman is without doubt one of the most important film-makers who has ever lived. The late Swede’s fall from grace is probably due more to incessant relationships with his actresses than any diminishing of his films. That said, it’s true …
DVD Review: The Emigrants/The New Land (Criterion)
In every country there is a book which every schoolchild knows or an author who’s embedded in the fabric of the culture. The Emigrants Suit, written by Wilhelm Moberg, comprises four books (The Emigrants, Unto a Good Land, The Settlers and The Last Letters Home). The novels are classics and considered to be amongst the …