Reviews

Second album from quirky Belgian star

Third album from talented Canadian singer-songwriter

Godfathers of psychobilly mark 25 years with ghoulishly good comeback

Fourth album from post-rock Glaswegians

Classic reissues from John Sebastian's deceptively sweet combo

Black Moses meets his people at commercial and creative peak

Second-rate crossover jazz from the '70s

Coming-of-age tale set in 1970s New Zealand

Paul Schrader's simmering 1991 study of a drug dealer's midlife crisis remains the script closest to his own heart. A maturer Travis Bickle, Willem Dafoe's loser is confused when "employer" Susan Sarandon goes legit, and panic-stricken when an ex-girlfriend dies and gunplay's required. Meditative rather than action-packed, it's grown over time.

The umpteenth retail release for this era-defining cash-cow of Scottish junkies, and the cracks are now beginning to show. Yes, it's a beautiful burst of propulsive film-making, but after the likes of Jesus's Son and Requiem For A Dream, it seems a little too eager to please, a little too chipper, too Ewan McGregor to be wholly credible.