Reviews

Great, gritty, noir-ish French thriller from '82, a controversial sensation in its homeland. Writer/director Bob Swain (an American who'd lived in Paris for 20 years) casts Richard Berry as the undercover cop who uses informers to bust pimps. He presses prostitute Nathalie Baye to betray the alpha gangster. The climactic action recalls The French Connection.

From cross-legged cult to major pop star in three years. The first five albums, plus outtakes and alternate versions

Psych-garage stompers' '69 LP reissued

Strummer and co's finest hour repackaged with the Vanilla Tapes demos and a Don Letts Making of... documentary, The Last Testament, on DVD

Canadian chanteuse pays parochial tribute

New York-out-of-Dublin singer-songwriter breaks long silence

Been-around session voice flies solo

Second studio album from sensuous nu-soul sister

Transvision Vamp pin-up obscures her identity for lamentable solo debut

Hong Kong cops'n' triads action prequel makes the grade