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Wolfen

Thriller from '81 based on Whitley Strieber's novel, directed by Michael Woodstock Wadleigh, and by no means a conventional werewolf tale. Albert Finney is the cop investigating incredible gory deaths in New York... but are terrorists to blame, or animals, or Native American shape-shifters? Unusual camera techniques, a great performance from Finney, and a genuinely supernatural atmosphere that builds and builds.

The Apple

While the US administration portray. Iran as hostile to culture and dissent, Samira Makhmalbaf's films suggest otherwise. Her 1997 debut, made when she was 17, tells the story of the Naderi family (played by themselves), whose daughters were kept unwashed and imprisoned until they were 12. Simple, painterly, weirdly engaging, it subtly reveals that excessive faith and the repression of women are outmoded concepts even in that 'axis-of-evil' capital Tehran.

Queen

BECOMING QUEEN

Shirley Collins – No Roses

Definitive 1971 gathering of British folk-rock elite in their absolute prime

Double Diamond

Lord Upminster's startling '77 debut goes deluxe with extra songs and demos

Precious Metal

Ground-breaking German space-rock remastered by bass player Holger Czukay

This Month In Soundtracks

While There's Much wrong (the script, the acting, the smugness) with Channel 4's slick, rather silly series about transatlantic lovers who are struggling against the odds but, like, have shedloads of money, the soundtrack's wilfully hip. Granted it's put together by the kind of people who think Snow Patrol are cutting edge, but in liking what the music press has told them to like, they've packed an impressive stash of new-ish white boy music onto this.

Robyn Hitchcock – Spooked

Psychedelic Soft Boy heads for Tennessee

Luna – Rendezvous

Seventh studio album from Dean Wareham's durables

Jason Ringenberg – Empire Builders

The Scorcher frees himself for an eclecticism off-limits to his pioneering country-punk band
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