Reviews

Spirit Of ’64

Creepy British goth psycho-drama from the '60s, starring Richard Attenborough

Dave Gahan – Live Monsters

Shot last July at Paris' Olympia theatre, Dave Gahan's stripped-down solo show proved he can cut it as a Byronic rock god away from Depeche Mode. From the sleazy confessional of "Black And Blue Again" to the swaggering blues behemoth "Dirty Sticky Floors", Gahan gives it 200 per cent in the Dionysian Messiah stakes. And Paris loves it, especially the roughed-up DM covers.

Bowie guitar god blossoms with help from famous buddies

Metric – Old World Underground,Where Are You Now?

Elegant and pointed pop on superior Canadian new wavers' full-length debut

The Nectarine No 9 – I Love Total Destruction

Eccentric Scottish art-punk trio unleash fifth album

George Michael – Patience

First album of original material for eight years

Cocaine Heights

The most important body of work in mainstream '70s pop/rock is given the redux treatment to remind us why Buckingham and Nicks still matter

Orphée

BFI re-release for Gallic art classic

Secondhand Lions

Young Haley Joel Osment is sent off to live with his eccentric but loveable great-uncles (Michael Caine and Robert Duvall) and a moth-eaten circus lion on their Texas ranch. Are the two men retired adventurers, or just bank robbers on the run? Sentimental family-fare yarn with just enough of an edge to keep it from becoming syrup.

Gaslight

Charles Boyer is the ultimate Gallic douche-bag and Ingrid Bergman the twittering naif trapped in a marriage inferno in this brilliant and beautiful psychological thriller from studio workhorse George Cukor. Boyer's after some diamonds, but Bergman's in love. He bullies her, makes her kiss Bibles, and slowly drives her insane. Genius.
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