Review: Vampire Weekend
Review: Vampire Weekend

New York four-piece Vampire Weekend have never seemed lacking in inspiration or momentum.

Movie review: Policeman
Movie review: Policeman

Formally meticulous, even austere, the assured feature debut of Israeli film-maker Lapid announces the arrival of a significant…

Album review: Etran Finatawa, The Sahara Sessions
Album review: Etran Finatawa, The Sahara Sessions

Since the emergence of desert blues from the sub-Sahara regions a decade ago through Etran Finatawa, Tinariwen and the often…

Review: The Illusionists
Review: The Illusionists

One big, slick, cheesy magic show promised; one big, slick, cheesy magic show delivered. If you think you'll like The Illusionists…

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Movie review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Movie review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Anyone who enjoyed Mohsin Hamid's finely wrought 2007 novel on which this film is based would have misgivings…

Album review: Daft Punk

There is nothing here in the catchy vein of Daft Punk's mega hits One More Time and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger…

Album review: Wire, Change Becomes Us

Few bands are worth a biography but Britain's Wire certainly earned the just-published Read & Burn , which traces their…

Review: The Hangover Part III

The Wolfpack is back for the third and final time in another outlandish adventure, this time taking us back to where the…

Concert review: Tenacious D at Auckland Town Hall
Concert review: Tenacious D at Auckland Town Hall

Tenacious D's jokes didn't have the subtlety for an 80 minute set but they made up for it with musical…

Colin Hogg: Hottest Home Baker a shock hit

I had an awful dream, the sort of thing television critics can suffer, and in it I imagined a new TV series.

From financial flop to hall of fame

When Iggy & the Stooges broke up in 1974 they were regarded as a commercial flop. Not that Iggy Pop, the bullet-proof leader…

Gig review: Bobby Womack

You've got something special if you can appear on stage in a red leather suit with matching cap and glasses and still come…

Movie review: Snitch
Movie review: Snitch

After starring in several big blockbusters in a row, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson attempts something a…

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