Reviews

Director Lynne Ramsay draws a mesmerising performance from Samantha Morton as the titular heroine, who discovers her author boyfriend has committed suicide on Christmas Day and passes his unpublished manuscript off as her own before heading off to Spain on an extended jolly. Naturally, serious complications arise. Dreamy and druggy but often difficult, this is an important, original film.

The most famous scion in rock history aims for a spot in the sun

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Handsome pop debut from Danish band

Ex-Wall Of Voodoo leader's 1995 album

Last hurrah from cancer-stricken Uncut hero. Released in the US on August 26

Best of the ongoing reissue programme

Mod revivalists' demos and rarities

Docu-style polemical tale from Bangladesh

Philip Kaufman's letter-perfect realisation of Milan Kundera's student classic describes the spiritual transformation of Czech doctor Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis, mercifully playing a 'real person') from pseudo-existentialist to moral being thanks to the loving idealism of waitress-turned-photographer Tereza (Juliette Binoche). Along the way there's a Russian invasion, an escape to Geneva, and plenty of sex with Lena Olin in a bowler hat.