David

Lifting the lid on LAPD brutality and corruption

The reunited US college rockers get startling heavy at what may be their final UK appearance

Steve Martin darkens his usual screwball comic persona for Novocaine, playing a suburban dentist implicated in drugs and murder charges in a noir-tinged comedy thriller which turns increasingly Hitchcockian as it unfolds. Helena Bonham Carter's femme fatale, Laura Dern's dental assistant and Kevin Bacon's hilarious cameo appearance lend extra clout to a patchy but commendably accomplished feature debut from writer-director David Atkins.

David Lynch's relentless 1990 rush of highway madness remains a precious gem

Long-awaited re-release for one of the great lost albums of the early '70s

Major label debut of grandiose Seattle-based punks

Fourth album proves crowning glory of Detroit duo's meteoric career to date

TV mini series from 1988 directed by David (The Sweeney) Wickes and starring Michael Caine as the police inspector investigating 'orrible murders in Whitechapel, with Lewis Collins as his sidekick. Hack melodrama with red herrings galore, but still quite watchable.

Ex-Factory 'ambient' guitarist returns with best album in years

Lee's lofty adaptation of gritty 24-hour crime novel takes on the shadows of 9/11