Reviews

British-born producer of the Roots returns to jazz roots with a hip hop twist

Bleak second outing for Mercury/Brit-nominated songsmith

New York DJ takes a turn on the other side of the tables

Former X rocker swaps urban noise for pastoral reverie

The hits that launched a thousand punks

The Experience's English farewell at the Albert Hall, and Hendrix's at the Isle of Wight, plus an unreleased 1970 concert

Never before collected under one (legal) roof, Beach Boy's non-band '60s classics

Superbly acted drama gathers no moss

Richard Linklater takes the po-faced monologues of Slacker up a level with this extraordinary, state-of-the-art, animated dream trip. The endless navel-gazing and philosophising (Are we alive? Are we imagining everything? There's not gonna be a car chase in this, is there?) are undeniably wearing, but you have to admire the only sentient Texan's ambition and nerve. DVD EXTRAS: None. (CR)

A morbidly slow but ultimately touching vignette from France, starring the legendary Michel Piccolia an ageing actor whose wife and kids are killed in a car crash. He mopes around Paris, but is persuaded by an American director (John Malkovich) to take a movie part. He muffs his lines, ensuring no feel-good ending. It earns its melancholia. DVD EXTRAS: Interviews, trailers, production notes, filmographies