Reviews

More of Humphrey's best moments on a two-disc set

Dependable avant-pop from Anglo-French institution

Post-rockers do '80s stadium rock

Valedictory album from singer who'd experienced a renaissance in the late '90s

Seattle songstress' magnificent fourth album finds her deep in fire and ice

Reissue of prototype Mancunian punk-funksters' debut album

Cracking mod anthology from former NME receptionist and erstwhile chum of Paul Weller

Gripping drama of the American Dream gone sour

This is a workmanlike, halfway-successful attempt to consolidate charmless lunkhead Vin Diesel's status as the action star of the moment. Actually, he's not half bad as the widowed (and therefore vengeful) narcotics agent Sean Vetter, but veteran action director F Gary Gray (The Negotiator) is absolutely treading water. Best saved for a Friday night when you've got nothing else to do.

A collaborative highpoint for director Wong Kar-Wai and cinematographer Chris Doyle. Happy Together's account of two gay Hong Kongers (Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung) adrift in Buenos Aires is one of the most visually striking films ever made, sadly only denied masterpiece status by the vagaries of Wong's leisurely narrative pacing.