Reviews

Michael Winterbottom veers as far away as imaginable from 24 Hour Party People, proving yet again that he's bizarrely versatile, in this "fictionalised documentary" about two Afghan refugees who flee across Pakistan, Iran and Turkey in an attempt to reach the relative safety of Kilburn High Road. Not an easy watch, it won multiple awards for its grainy worthiness.

Following a frenetic opening, Joe Carnahan's Detroit cop movie settles into an edgy two-hander as Jason Patric's alienated undercover man returns to the streets to investigate a cop killing with the dead officer's explosive partner, Ray Liotta. It skirts cliché, but it's powered by a redemptive, almost overwhelmingly emotional current; and it's a joy finally to see Liotta in a role worthy of his talents.

Solo LP from CSNY's Englishman

Jason Pierce and co blast back with album recorded in three weeks

Storming sex-obsessed electro-garage

Latest from celebrated sex doctor, TV presenter and current president of the Nude Mountaineering Society

Debut from So Solid Queen

Long-lost slice of Pepsodent-bright West Coast bubblegum from '67

Triple set comprising all the Birmingham reggae aficionados'Labour Of Love LPs

James Ivory saunters into the 21st century. In Paris