Reviews

The best of Oldham's early work, revisited Nashville-style

Second album from Aussie brats

Brazenly morbid deathbed blues

Post-rock supergroup of sorts create delicate avant-pop masterpiece

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

The rapturous romantics' classic third album makes waves again

Mexican maestro's world-class comeback

Deadpan Canadian metallers mockumentary

Tran Anh Hung's 1992 debut begins in 1951, as 10-year-old peasant girl Mui travels to Saigon to serve in a middle-class household. As she grows into a woman, we witness her daily domestic tasks, and the growing fractures in the family and society around her. A headily serene, hypnotically sensuous movie, observing reality in such close detail it becomes poetry, a song about work, life, and how the two run together.

Po-faced but spectacular Biblical epic starring Yul Brynner (with hair) as the legendarily wise king who risks losing the throne of Israel by making whoopee with the saucy-but-pagan queen of Sheba (Gina Lollobrigida). George Sanders plays the villain (hurrah), the cast-of-thousands battle scenes are impressive and the unintentionally hilarious 'orgy' is an absolute must-see.