Reviews

George Stevens' Biblical epic is sometimes sluggish and often po-faced, but it's never less than fascinating. A political film-maker and a great chronicler of national identity (see Shane, Giant, A Place In The Sun), Stevens consistently swamps the New Testament in blatant Americana, letting Charlton Heston, John Wayne, and the massive crags and buttes of Utah boldly reinvent Jesus, and Israel, for the American century.

Crescent City outfit expand Tex-Mex base to take in more native Latin grooves

Deft, downbeat lo-fi guitar melodies from Lund

Upbeat debut from Chicago-based four-piece

Building on the best of Detroit techno

Jason's Pierce's post-Spacemen 3 spacemen. Features early singles unavailable on albums

Early off-cuts from cultish British eccentric

The Darlings of Wapping Wharf Launderette's first full career best-of

Mind-bending art movie from that most schizo of directors

Gary Oldman, miscast but blowing hard in Peter Medak's 1993 thriller, is a sleazy cop who takes bribes to spend on his wife (Annabella Sciorra) and mistress (Juliette Lewis). As if that wasn't enough girlie action, he lusts after hot hitwoman Lena Olin, but his dick leads him into a world of violent trouble. Wilfully sexist and almost camp, but hey, you can't say it's dull.