Reviews

Three Hollywood favourites starring the silver-tongued man of style

Elegant chamber music for Mogwai fans

Long-mooted supergroup finally release debut

The Jeff Tweedy-Jim O'Rourke love-in continues

A kinder, gentler Ryan Adams

Ace rapper/producer shows off his soundscapes

Strong across-the-board selection of soul classics

Lou live'n'loose, on CD for first time

Dangerous Liaisons director cuts through to the capital's underbelly

Multiple Oscar-winner (beating out Scorsese's Raging Bull) from 1980, directed calmly (and, for some, soporifically) by Robert Redford. It's a sombre, actorly affair in which wealthy Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore grieve for their son's death; his brother Timothy Hutton blames and shames. An early, earnest look at the dysfunctional family: American Beauty without the laughs.