Sick of it all

Mark Olson and Victoria Williams join the Bush hunt

Documenting the passions aroused by a famous race

Leftfield kindergarten singalongs, amazingly

Timely reminder, in the midst of all the Kill Bill hyperbole, of true balls-to-the-wall Tarantino talent—that sickly mint-green warehouse, those black suits, that red blood, the infectious music, the terrifying Hawksian machismo and, mostly, that dialogue: witty and crude, poignant and allusive, naturalistic and downright poetic. Nothing less than genius.

They do everything else with sickening panache, but the French have never got to grips with the slasher flick, which makes this back-to-basics horror as unexpected as it is violent. A sexy teen (Cécile De France) is invited to the family home of her best friend (Maïwenn Le Besco) out in the French equivalent of redneck country. She meets mum, dad and little brother, night falls, a rusty old van pulls up outside, a fat bloke gets out and starts graphically raping and killing everyone. No intellectual chit-chat here, then.

Bumper '70s reissues from country's First Lady, 10 bonus tracks in tow

Mesmeric magical realism from indie icons

Reissued best-of follows renewed interest in scabrous post-punk politicos

Ten-CD companion to last year's 24 Hours live CD box set

SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE, LONDON