Billy

Ace addition to budget soundclash series

Big easy listening on second full-length album from Sheffield songsmith

Nirvana bassist's triumphant return

Affectionate homage to '40s film comedy

Underrated Billy Wilder movie revived at the NFT

Nicholson brings havoc to a mental institution back in 1975. Five Oscars follow...

Four CDs of Mancunian magic from New Order's back pages, including cherry-picked album tracks, B-sides, rarities, remixes and live performances

Two-CD garnering of US maverick producer/songwriter's golden years. Includes rare and unreleased gems

Godlike genius in "plastic funk" scandal

Halle Berry's blubbing Oscar win shouldn't obscure the fact that this is a brave, harrowing film, echoing the intimacy of '70s cinema's heyday. Billy Bob Thornton is uncannily intense as a Death Row prison guard who cracks up when his son Heath Ledger can't handle his job. An odd coupling with convict's wife Berry may or may not redeem him. Inspirational.