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First UK gig in over 20 years from the Felix and Oscar of dream-folk

Ten years in, Colorado five-piece deliver career-defining album

All-star cast fails to save plodding kidnap 'drama'

Two-CD, 26-track memento of Cali punk-funkers' London summer shows

Alexandre Rockwell's graceful '92 satire about a wannabe new-wave film-maker

Does exactly what it says on the tin

Takeshi "Beat" Kitano goes blond as well as blind to resurrect the long-running samurai avenger, and has more fun with it than original star Shintarö Katsu ever imagined. Outrageously bloody, it's a kind of syncopated slice-'n'-dice. Sure, Takeshi could have done it with his eyes closed—and does-but it's his most satisfying effort since Hana-bi.

Sterling two-disc salute to the (very much alive) godfather of lo-fi

Ol' Blue Eyes bootlegs go legit

Denys Arcand reunites the Quebecois characters who made '86's The Decline Of The American Empire so witty and engaging, and despite their age, disillusion and failing health, they're as intellectually provocative as before. Yes, it's talky, but as one lies dying, his friends reminisce about days of drugs and libido, and his son finds a backbone. A moving, note-perfect Oscar-winner.