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City Of Ghosts

Directing, co-writing and starring, Matt Dillon does a pretty solid job. Set in a modern-day Cambodia full of outcasts and fugitives, the plot slowly curdles from globe-trotting crime thriller into primal psycho-weirdness. Dillon never shakes off the second-hand influences, notably David Lynch and Apocalypse Now, but a rich cosmopolitan texture is added by an eccentric cast including Gerard Depardieu, Stellan Skarsgård and James Caan.

Belle And Sebastian – Fans Only

Since much of B&S' cult appeal stems from the fact they're seldom seen on telly, this two-hour compendium of videos, concerts and interviews (basically their entire career from 1996 to 2002) feels like a sneaky peep into the world's most secretive band. Unashamedly twee, but eccentric, funny, and quite beautiful.

Jolie Holland – Catalpa

Stark solo debut from ex-Be Good Tanya

Voodoo Child – Baby Monkey

Second album from Moby's alter ego

Johnson House – Go Gently

Debut from US-fixated Yorkshiremen

Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East

Duane and Greg on top form on expanded edition of live '71 double LP

Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance – Slim Chance

Flat broke folk/baroque rock

S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine

Harrowing doc about the Cambodian atrocities

The Principles Of Lust

Frank, emotionally-charged British sex drama

Buffalo Girls

Originally a TV mini series, this is a satisfying, three-hour adaptation of Larry McMurty's offbeat and poignant take on Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. A strong cast (Anjelica Houston, Sam Elliott, Peter Coyote) get blown off the screen by Jack Palance as a grizzled, dusty old trapper.
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