What's New This Week

Music:
Wilco - Wilco [the album] [Nonesuch]
+ First new Wilco in far too long.

Richard Thompson - Walking on a Wire: Richard Thompson (1969-2009) [Shout Factory]
+ A beautiful four disc set with a 60 page booklet tracing Thompson's career through his early work with his wife into the last two decades of his solo career.

Bjork - Voltaic
+ A new 2 CD / 2 DVD set from Bjork in a big beautiful package.

Spoon - Got Nuffin
+ A new short EP from Spoon. A couple of months ago there were rumors that Daniels and co. were putting the finishing touches on a new album in Portland. This might be the first waft of that long overdue possibility.

Theaters:
Public Enemies (Michael Mann) [Universal]
+ New gangster film on the story of Dillinger with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. [trailer]

The Beaches of Agnes (Agnes Varda) [Cinema Guild]
+ The incomparable Agnes Vardas releases a brand new film. Get excited. [trailer]


DVD:
Tokyo! (dir. Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, Joon-Ho Bong) [Comme des Cinémas]
+ One film in three parts, from three separate directors. Carax and Gondry are well known experimentalists, and Joon-Ho is one of the most exciting new directors around (see The Host).

Do the Right Thing (20th Anniversary Edition) (Spike Lee) [Universal]
+ Few films deserve a big fancy box set more than this. Spike Lee's best film hands down.

Wholphin: Issue 8
+ Wholphin, the short film DVD magazine from McSweeneys, is issuing Issue 8. These are always really great, I recommend trying it.