Reviews

Unheralded Pennsylvanian trio conjure up more quiet magic

Delightful tribute to country womanhood

Live mini-album debut by widely-tipped young blues fans

Avant-ambient landmark

Lord Percival surveys his manor of song and declares it most fine

Horror classic remade for post-Scream teens

Murder and extortion in northern China

Never released theatrically in the UK, this operatic epic about a Korean peace delegation struggling to make it home from remotest China encompasses swordplay, romance, brooding landscapes and thousands of extras, yet doesn't quite add up to the crowd-pleaser it ought to be. Zhang Ziyi of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fame is on hand as a princess who hooks up with the mostly Korean cast.

Paul Schrader deals with intriguing, uncomfortable issues here, but with, for him, a slightly saddening conservatism. Telling the story of Bob Crane, the '50s star of Hogan's Heroes, whose career nosedived as he became increasingly addicted to filming his own sexploits, it's initially vibey and buzzing, with a terrific turn from Greg Kinnear, but later lapses into soggy moralising and mopey depression.

Neo-realist classic of the Algerian Revolution more relevant than ever