Reviews

Coens' gangster-movie homage is a dark, off-kilter twister

Generally hailed as Renoir's 'unfinished masterpiece', this sad, lyrical short from 1946 is based on a Guy de Maupassant story. A young girl finds a quasi-romance after wandering off from her picnicking family near the Seine. It's all about Renoir's impressionistic eye for nature and the transience of innocence: a personal, poetic work which now, extended, looks better than ever.

They may not be the most charismatic bunch ever to tread a rock'n'roll stage, but Doves sure know how to put on a fine show. Recorded live in the extraordinary location of the Eden Project in Cornwall during the summer of 2002, the Manchester trio storm through a rousing set of uplifting tunes, in which "Pounding" and "There Goes The Fear", from their latest album, The Last Broadcast, are inevitably the highlights. EXTRAS: Arguably even better than the main feature.

Mr Cooper's attempt to teach the garage-rock whipper-snappers a thing or two

Second album from Laurence Fishburne-approved Philadelphia hip hop quartet

Mogwai-endorsed noisecore ferocity from Japan

Glaswegians' fifth album of orchestral pop

Third UK release from rising Seattle heartbreakers

Lee Perry-produced reggae diva's 1977 classic

Anniversary package from independent dance label with chart aspirations