Reviews

Spike Lee's blazing take on 'last hours of freedom' tale

The latest of several Bob Marley documentaries on the market contains little footage of the man himself. But Spiritual Journey makes up for it with revealing interviews from the likes of son Ziggy and former Jamaican premier Michael Manley, and such fascinating archive material as BBC2's Newsnight report on Marley's funeral in 1981. The result is a thoughtful film that intelligently explains just how and why he became the Third World's first genuine superstar.

Second likeable album by singer/guitarist once known as Spiral Stairs

Feisty, top-drawer compilation from Californian shit-stirrers

Limited edition third album, recorded live over seven days and out in double-quick time

Exhaustive trawl through Pierce's archives

Legendary '60s Bay Area quintet featuring the notoriously frazzled Skip Spence

Mountain-harmony brilliance revisited

Jack acts his age in smug romcom

In this quasi-autobiographical account of the tortured filming of A Ma Soeur's sex scenes, formerly dour feminist director Catherine Breillat holds tongue firmly in cheek as she demolishes the petty vanities of 'movie people' (including, gamely, her own honed auteur persona) while simultaneously celebrating the alchemy of movies themselves.