Reviews

Indie landmark gets elaborate two-CD reissue

Wacky Brooklyn combo who defy taste and fashion but can write a song about that, too

Dangerous Liaisons director cuts through to the capital's underbelly

Multiple Oscar-winner (beating out Scorsese's Raging Bull) from 1980, directed calmly (and, for some, soporifically) by Robert Redford. It's a sombre, actorly affair in which wealthy Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore grieve for their son's death; his brother Timothy Hutton blames and shames. An early, earnest look at the dysfunctional family: American Beauty without the laughs.

Reissued as part of the Superbit series, Barry Sonnenfeld's witty and energetic spoof fields a wonderful tearning in sassy Will Smith and sardonic Tommy Lee Jones. "Searching for a handle on the moment?" asks the latter when the rookie alien investigator is first confronted with the tentacled weirdos from outer space. Fave moment: Noisy Cricket.

Nicholson brings havoc to a mental institution back in 1975. Five Oscars follow...

Big Ike's disco detour, first time on CD

Blasting testament to Todd Rundgren's late-'70s stage rebirth

Oddball compilations from late rock satirist's extraordinarily prolific career chosen by band-member fans

Slick UK R&B/hip hop hybrid