Reviews

American thriller writer Peter Neal (Tony Franciosa) arrives in Rome to publicise his latest novel. Then people start dying in increasingly grisly ways—all copied from Neal's book. Dario Argento's long-banned blood-drenched whodunnit is released in uncut form for the first time... but this hasn't cured the gaping holes in the plot. For gorehounds only.

Delbert Mann's earnest 1955 slice-of-life drama about an ordinary Bronx butcher (Ernest Borgnine) mustering the courage to find a girlfriend earned four Oscars—Best Picture plus one each for Borgnine, Mann and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky, who later penned the far superior Network. It's decently acted and well-meaning but very slight, dated and a little condescending.

Scottish cult hero's first since 2001's Creatures Of Light And Darkness

Fragrantly funny loveliness from quirky Athens, Georgia collective

Dream-pop merchants from Brooklyn make LP debut

Musical accompaniment to the recent novel of the same name by Glen Duncan

Advances on electroclash from Omaha and Germany

Ex-Smashing Pumpkin man teams up with David Pajo, formerly of Slint

Reissue of rarities, live stuff, Peel sessions, plus unreleased 1993 album

Introspective seasonal offering from black poet-singer and collaborating pianist