Reviews

You would have thought that Richard Dreyfuss might have analysed his own contribution to the wretched Krippendorf's Tribe. Yet here he is again, hamming wildly from start to fin, as a perennial loser enjoying one startlingly successful day at the races. David Johansen and the adorable Jennifer Tilly provide brief but inspired moments of comic brilliance, but it's dear, dear Dickie's show. More's the pity.

Arty German electro-rock scenesters deliver third LP

Album of the year according to The Go-Betweens' McLennan and Forster

Fourth album from trip hop survivors who were never really trip hop

Not a voicebox in sight as Comes Alive man makes low-key comeback

With a penchant for Julia Roberts, Savile Row suits and quarter horse studs, it's easy to see how Lyle Lovett won his reputation as a suave country stylist. You might not picture Lyle at the Battle of the Alamo but he's definitely officer material. My Baby Don't Tolerate is a great set of songs that may prove as resilient as his superb mid-'90s album Joshua Judges Ruth.

I know what you're thinking. Oh Lord, what's McCartney doing now? What desperate revisionism is he foisting on a Lennon-free world? Now calm down.

Liverpool's best songwriters since Lennon and McCartney

OPENS NOVEMBER 14, CERT 15, 102 MINS Ann (Sarah Polley) is 23 and works as a night cleaner. She lives in a trailer home in her mother's backyard, along with two young daughters and an unemployed husband. She also, it turns out, has inoperable cancer, and a matter of months to live. And while on paper that might sound like Terms Of Endearment on a budget, this beautifully judged Canadian picture (produced by Pedro and Agustin Almodóvar) couldn't be further from the mawkishness of a Hollywood weepy. What lifts the film is the powerful, dignified performance from Polley.

Acclaimed Danish film-makers do battle