Reviews

Frequently awesome country-spacerock from Washington DC

Jazz-tinged folk from prolific, political US singer-songwriter

Left-field concept album from arthouse diva

First since 2001's Returning Jesus from durable duo

Plastic pop tarts' revival confirmed by box set

Two-CD, 33-track comp of pioneering street funk with emphasis on early years

Much-bootlegged material finally given official release

Lee's lofty adaptation of gritty 24-hour crime novel takes on the shadows of 9/11

Priest gets laid. Slowly. In Mexico

When compared to Baz Luhrmann's hysterical synapse-splitting kitsch, there's something strangely reassuring about Franco Zeffirelli's stodgy '68 classicist version of Romeo And Juliet. Here, the many pleasures include Michael York's fantastic cheekbones as Tybalt, a cherubic Bruce Robinson as Benvolio, and a plethora of badly choreographed sword-fights. Even the infamous shots of Olivia Hussey's 17-year-old breasts seem quaint rather than smutty.