Reviews

JJ, Sonny and Joe enlist some top pals for a nostalgic yomp

Texas Chainsaw creator directs poor horror remake

Stylishly successful Cole Porter musical biopic

Coppola's love-in-Las Vegas musical fantasy is ripe for reappraisal

Thriller from '81 based on Whitley Strieber's novel, directed by Michael Woodstock Wadleigh, and by no means a conventional werewolf tale. Albert Finney is the cop investigating incredible gory deaths in New York... but are terrorists to blame, or animals, or Native American shape-shifters? Unusual camera techniques, a great performance from Finney, and a genuinely supernatural atmosphere that builds and builds.

While the US administration portray. Iran as hostile to culture and dissent, Samira Makhmalbaf's films suggest otherwise. Her 1997 debut, made when she was 17, tells the story of the Naderi family (played by themselves), whose daughters were kept unwashed and imprisoned until they were 12. Simple, painterly, weirdly engaging, it subtly reveals that excessive faith and the repression of women are outmoded concepts even in that 'axis-of-evil' capital Tehran.

BECOMING QUEEN

Definitive 1971 gathering of British folk-rock elite in their absolute prime

Lord Upminster's startling '77 debut goes deluxe with extra songs and demos

Ground-breaking German space-rock remastered by bass player Holger Czukay