Police

Smarter-than-it-looks biker flick

Italian kidnap drama from director Gabriel Salvatores

Tenth solo LP from former Police guitarist

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.

True story of controversial Australian murder trial

Kevin Rowland's legendary rabble-rousers make a triumphant live return

Tense neo-noir from One False Move man

Deeply disappointing follow-up to Gold, Uncut's 2001 album of the year

Follow-up documentary about notorious US female serial killer

Michael Chiklis often grabs the plaudits for his portrayal of detective Vic Mackey, controlling the dealers and gang-bangers of LA's fictional Farmington with his renegade Strike Team, but this DVD release of The Shield's first series is a jolting reminder of how creator Shawn Ryan conceived it as a complex ensemble piece steeped in moral ambiguity. Ryan exposes the politics and brutality that underpin police work, while the handheld photography makes gunfights, rape and murder hideously real. Brilliant.