Reviews

Sam (Jonathan Pryce) dreams of love and escape from his clerical job in a monolithic bureaucracy, but finds himself sucked ever deeper into a Kafkaesque nightmare. Michael Palin and Robert De Niro play brilliantly against type, while Terry Gilliam's dystopian vision broke the mould. Dazzling, disturbing, darkly comic and downright essential.

Tough trad Detroit garage. Recent touring partner Jack White was once a member

Young Dublin five-piece capture sound of summer on West Coast-fixated debut

Second album from French four-piece sets this year's pop gold standard

Adventurous second album from Belgian soundscape-jazzers

Ex-Barefoot Contessa's solo debut

How New York's hippie hoppers ushered in the philosophical D.A.I.S.Y. Age. And then pronounced themselves Dead

Second album (1989) from alt.country trailblazers, with three bonus tracks

Hip hop from Aussie all-female collective

Hyperactive crime caper from Down Under