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Brian Wilson And The Story Of Smile. David Leaf's documentary on the legend.

Kaufman and Gondry's complex romantic comedy dazzles

It's an odd time to evaluate Paul Simon's solo career in light of his successful 2004 reunion tour with Art Garfunkel. But maybe all that boomer nostalgia needs a little levity, and the sweep of his solo work proves Simon has never dwelled on the past. The Studio Recordings 1972-2000 is that rare bird—an attempt to collect an artist's entire oeuvre.

Two early'60s staples from original maiden of folk

Tamla titan revisits his hallowed past

Hammy biopic of barmy, murderous Charlie

BBC documentary takes a dark ride into the Deep South

Dazzling selection from back catalogue of the "cosmic" country visionary who changed the face of American music

Charlie Kaufman takes it all the way in a memorable marvel

Imagine if the Doors, The Byrds or Love had, long after their late '60s heyday, reconvened to record a quartet of brilliant albums, the first a double LP of classic, even epic, proportions issued just months before punk broke.