Reviews

Everything added to 20th anniversary edition Illmatic XX is almost as good as the record itself.

Rock n' damn roll kids.

Kore-eda is most interested in what that means in patriarchal Japan, where the first-born son is still a totem, and is unafraid to suggest that fatherhood may be, for some, work of pure vanity.

Performances are excellent all round, including Fiennes who, unlike a lot of his quite cold stints in other films, exudes warmth as the charismatic Dickens.

"Drawing on influences like Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings and Otis Redding, this album could well become a classic."

"At 12 songs it’s a long record – and often repetitive – but the self-reflective and pretty final song, I Don’t Care About Your Band, is worth the wait."

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