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"Antichrist" (2009)

Directed by Lars von Trier

Released by Criterion Collection

From its incendiary debut at Cannes to becoming a cult hit defined by the meme "Chaos Reigns," Lars von Trier's psychosexual horror film about a married couple (Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) that repairs to a cabin in the woods to grieve over the death of their young son is receiving the Criterion Collection treatment. Video interviews with von Trier, Gainsbourg, and Dafoe, making-of vignettes and a documentary about the Cannes premiere accompany the feature. (Aaron Hillis' interview with von Trier is here.)

"The Battle of River Plate" (1956)

Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Released by Hen's Tooth Video

Despite being Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's most financially successful film, it has been a rare commodity in America on home video, where people have had to buy the British...

All this while Indian-origin actress Parminder Nagra seemed to be stuck to her South Asian roots.

The ‘Bend it like Beckham’, star has changed though and has recently filmed her first nude scene. She’s shot the scene with Emmy Award winning actor Ray Winstone for her upcoming TV film ‘Compulsion’.

It’s about Nagra’s character Anjika Indrani who takes her employee Don Flowers’ (Ray Winstone) help to escape an arranged marriage. However during the process, things go topsy turvy when Anjika and Don hopelessly fall in love. The film is slated to air on ITV1 on May.

Parminder Nagra has admitted that she was worried about her naked scenes with Ray Winstone in new ITV1 drama Compulsion. The Bend It Like Beckham star told The Mirror that she and Winstone would talk about food during filming to take their minds off the naked scenes. Nagra said: "I was worried about the nudity, it's a huge thing for me, but those scenes have to be in there because the story is about obsession and lust so you can't do it without them. "So we just got (more)...

E.R. star Parminder Nagra risked incurring her parents' wrath as a teenager - when she refused to agree to an arranged marriage.

The British actress was shown a photo of a mystery man when she was 18 and told by her mother he was her future husband.

But the shocked teenager flatly refused to be forced into marriage with a man chosen by her parents.

She says, "When I was 18 my mother gave me a photo of a man and said I'd marry him. I told her then I was never going to have an arranged marriage. No one has ever forced me to do anything against my will."

And Nagra admits she could be set for another confrontation with her parents - she has filmed her first ever sex scene for upcoming TV movie Compulsion with The Departed actor Ray Winstone.

She adds: "I always said I'd never do a nude scene but now I have. I know there will be a huge fuss when Compulsion comes out. It's partly because of the fact I'm Asian. People don't expect me to do that. I never expected myself to do that. I always said 'No' and then finally I reached a point where I thought, 'It's now or never'.

"My mum will probably disapprove but I'll deal with that. I'm old enough now to make decisions like this."...

Ray Winstone will appear in ITV1's new drama Compulsion, it is announced. The single drama - loosely based on the Jacobean tragedy The Changeling - is described as a tragic story of desire and lust. Winstone will star as a dark character called Flowers, alongside Bend It Like Beckham star Parminder Nagra, who will portray the character of Anjika Indrani. "Flowers is a difficult character to play (more)...