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Angel At My Table

Jane Campion's second film (1990) tells the life story of Janet Frame, a New Zealand author who overcame poverty, chronic shyness and (misdiagnosed) schizophrenia to achieve international acclaim. Kerry Fox stars, while Campion hones her own stylistic match of trippy fantasy and gauche intimacy. Earnest, with detours into the ethereal. DVD EXTRAS: Three interviews with Campion, filmographies, trailer, biography of Janet Frame. Rating Star

Forever Young

Achronological compilation with titular reference to album's length. Includes three new tracks

The Mountain Goats – Tallahassee

New instalment of 'alt.folk soap opera'

Sizzla – Ghetto Revolution

Babylon burns on reggae superstar's nu-roots stormer

11’09″01—September 11

Eleven short films about 9/11 from 11 directors, including Sean Penn and Ken Loach

Dogtown And Z-Boys

Fascinating, propulsive, inside-out account of southern Santa Monica's badboy "Dogtown" skateboarders, their explosive mid-'70s emergence at the Del Mar Nationals, and their ultimate domination and artistic definition of their sport. Director Stacy Peralta and writer Craig Stecyk, both former skateboarders, provide access and insights, Sean Penn provides narration.

Various Artists – Risiko 100

Ultra-hip German label gets birthday cake and bunting treatment
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