Reviews

FEW ARTISTS IN ANY MEDIUM?Bowie, maybe, or Scorsese?enjoyed such a terrific'70s as Woody Allen. This box comprises every comedy that Allen wrote, directed and starred in from 1971-'79?save 1972's Play It Again, Sam and 1978's psychodrama Interiors, neither of which are included here. Bananas was his second auteurist venture (1969's Take The Money And Run being the first) and saw him fusing the wisecracks of Bob Hope and slapstick of Buster Keaton to create this immortal nebbish New Yorker who bears as much relation to the real Allen Konigsberg as does Dylan to Robert Zimmerman.

Julianne Moore thinks they're all out to get her

Passport have secured neither the band's help nor their music rights, although they provide some irresistible highlights, specifically a TV appearance by the pre-pubescent Jimmy Page and excerpts from a John Bonham interview. Misty old chats with Zep members and Peter Grant are bolstered by the contemporary perceptions of Jeff Beck, Roy Harper, Terry Reid, Chris Dreja, Simon Kirke and Richard Cole. Carol Clerk

Thirty-track compilation tracking a quarter-century in the life of Reilly

Soundtrack for 1971 cult alt.western, recorded in self-overdubbing style by former Dylan guitarist Langhorne

Two Cali guys, one guitar and a raft of hickory-smoked folk in vintage Elektra vein

Captain Beefheart sideman and off-her-Trolley vocalist lay their debut album on the table

New York songwriter goes for Berlin-based makeover on third album

Astonishing 8-track avant-pop unearthed by Animal Collective

Off-kilter art rock from San Diego duo