Shut up! You don't understand it!
Kevin Rowland's long atonement for the 2 Tone tour
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More sarky but optimistic northern singalongs about the unlikely redemptive power of love
Old devil
Nick Cave turns virtual vicar to a global flock of lost sheep
Taking stock
In midlife Nick Cave has become a man prone to reckoning
Fairytales and lullabies
The old rock and roller with his two-seater stroller
Cinema purgatorio
Can Nick Cave find redemption in Rio?
Slug slime
The Birthday Party leave London for Berlin
Bon voyage
In a plane somewhere over Europe the Boys Next Door become the Birthday Party
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA
A romantic comedy of flesh and fluids from Jane Schoenbrun
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD
Francesco Sossai keeps the Jarmuschian spirit alive in his hugely enjoyable Veneto roadtrip
THE INVITE
Olivia Wilde steadies the directorial ship with a solidly entertaining sex comedy
A PRIVATE LIFE
Jodie Foster returns with considerable charm
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A galaxy of stars
Paul wonders if it's too late to stop now...
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Ambient dreams in rainbow arches
Paul says goodbye to Linda on a fine spring day
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Tokyo Story
Paul gets his wings clipped in Japan
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THE LAST VIKING
There’s something of Preston Sturges or the Coen Brothers to Jensen's screwball tale of sibling reconciliation
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Ankle-deep in ducks
McCartney, McKellen, Rohrwacher and Barthelme star in our top 10 for 29 May 2026
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To meet you in the falling rain...
Paul finds a new direction at the end of the world
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Cathedral swoopings
The honeyed, potent swoon of the Cocteau Twins
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Rich conceptual orrery
A review of the Magnetic Fields reissued 69 Love Songs, and a Q&A with Stephin Merritt
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The last days of disco
Pet Shops Boys in the rock and roll years
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Scary monsters
Dry Cleaning explain how art and humour are our best defence from techbro supercreeps
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Losing in front of your home crowd
Heaven doesn’t seem to be your home
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Farewell cheerless marshes
Hooray for Hollywood