Reviews

The best of Oldham's early work, revisited Nashville-style

Second album from Aussie brats

Brazenly morbid deathbed blues

Post-rock supergroup of sorts create delicate avant-pop masterpiece

Bumper '70s reissues from country's First Lady, 10 bonus tracks in tow

The rapturous romantics' classic third album makes waves again

Return of the '70s TV supercops

Deadpan Canadian metallers mockumentary

Tran Anh Hung's 1992 debut begins in 1951, as 10-year-old peasant girl Mui travels to Saigon to serve in a middle-class household. As she grows into a woman, we witness her daily domestic tasks, and the growing fractures in the family and society around her. A headily serene, hypnotically sensuous movie, observing reality in such close detail it becomes poetry, a song about work, life, and how the two run together.

Po-faced but spectacular Biblical epic starring Yul Brynner (with hair) as the legendarily wise king who risks losing the throne of Israel by making whoopee with the saucy-but-pagan queen of Sheba (Gina Lollobrigida). George Sanders plays the villain (hurrah), the cast-of-thousands battle scenes are impressive and the unintentionally hilarious 'orgy' is an absolute must-see.