Sandwiched, chronologically, in between Jules Et Jim (1962) and Fahrenheit 451 (1964), La Peau Douce (The Soft Skin) is an intriguing anomaly in the François Truffaut canon. A neo-Hitchcockian tale of infidelity, it methodically observes the extra-marital deceptions of apathetic intellectual Pierre (Jean Desailly) before rashly culminating in a bizarre shotgun shootout courtesy of Pierre's hysterical wife. For Truffaut completists.

First studio album in 10 years from top pop-goths

"Strawberry Letter 23" psychedelic soul boy wonder turns '70s session man

Crafty tunesmith puts Springsteen in his place

The "In The Fish Tank" series is the brainchild of Dutch label Konkurrent. The concept is straightforward.

Also released this month...

Double retrospective featuring rarities/outtakes disc

Full-scale album reissue programme of Sheffield electronicists' 1979-82 output, before they signed to a major label

Whimsical but thought-provoking take on the Middle East conflict

More personal than Knowing Me, Knowing You and sharper than the series just broadcast, this masterfully observed, grotesquely populated comedy is to the '90s what Fawlty Towers was to the '70s—but you know all that. Buy this, then, for the meaty extras and as a handy reminder that UK comedy can still be the best in the world.