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Of course the big news in New York movies this weekend is the New York Film Festival which kicks off tomorrow at Lincoln Center. However, in an attempt reserve our NYFF excitement for a full post tomorrow, let's just focus on the regular releases. Here we go.

British Sea Power

We remember the first time we saw British Sea Power play on the eve of the release of their first album, “The Decline of British Sea Power,” in a small venue in Brooklyn where the band had decorated the stage with a tree and a giant stuffed bird. The band seemed to be from another world as the vocalist, Yan, sang of writers long dead and the mysteries of nature while his brother Hamilton played bass and marched around with a blanket cape as if he was a five year old allowed outside to explore the outside world for the first time. We got the feeling that these were home schooled kids too smart for their own good and slightly out of touch with the rest of the world. The eccentricity was tangible, heartfelt, and not the least bit contrived. The critics loved them, but the masses never quite got it. With the release of their second album, “Open Season,” the band will have another chance.