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Monster’s Ball

An immaculate, determinedly unsentimental Marc Forster film, with breathtakingly honest performances from Halle Berry and, especially, Billy Bob Thornton. Death Row prison guard Thornton's family are traditionally racist; Berry's husband (Sean "Puffy" Combs) is executed. In a pit of despair, an unlikely, colour-blind love blooms between the two. One of 2002's best. DVD EXTRAS: Extra footage, cast and film-makers commentaries, isolated soundtrack. Rating Star

Mira Calix – Susanne Brokesch

Uplifting and elegiac organic electronica

Lucinda Sieger – Heart In The Sky

Glaswegian chanteuse's second album

Soledad Brothers – Live

Stonesy blues from White Stripes' backyard

Chic – In Japan

The great dance music innovators' final concert, recorded live at the Budokan in April 1996

John Fahey – Red Cross

Guitar legend's moving valediction

Songs Of Love And Haste

'Godfather of goth' hires former Birthday Party producer Nick Launay for 'urgent' 12th album

Ween – God Ween Satan—The Oneness

New Hope, PA nutters started out with a Casio and then bled rock's corpse dry

Outkast

Second and third pre-Stankonia albums from Atlanta funk-hop giants, at mid-price

Various Artists – While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Thirty-six axe-wielders in mostly reflective mood
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