Opening Sept. 19:

THE DUCHESS - Keira Knightley goes 18th-century this time, playing the extravagant Duchess of Devonshire, who is trapped in an unhappy marriage.

GHOST TOWN - Ricky Gervais momentarily dies during an operation and gains the ability to talk to ghosts.

IGOR - John Cusack, John Cleese and Eddie Izzard lend their voices to this animated film about a lab assistant who dreams of becoming an evil scientist.

LAKEVIEW TERRACE - A police officer (Samuel L. Jackson) isn’t at all happy that an interracial couple has moved into his neighborhood.

MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL - Jason Biggs, Dane Cook and Kate Hudson star in this story of a man who asks his best friend to take out his ex to show her what a great boyfriend she is missing.

TOWELHEAD - Based on Alicia Erian’s novel, the story revolves around an Arab-American girl who battles a sexual obsession and a tough family during the Gulf War.

—Stephen Becker / The Dallas Morning News (MCT)

Tanya Tagaq
Fire - Ikuma [MP3]
     

Elbow
The Bones of You [Video]

Travis
J. Smith [Video]

Langhorne Slim
Restless [MP3] [Video]
     

Brightblack Morning Light
Oppressions Each [MP3] (from Motion to Rejoin releasing 23 September)
     

Grayson Capps
Back to the Country [MP3]
     

Mr. Lif
Presidential Report Vol. 2 [MP3]
     

Passion Pit
Sleepyhead [MP3]
     

—PopMatters Staff

Kanye West
Love Lockdown [Video]

Ani DiFranco
Emancipated Minor [MP3] (from Red Letter Year releasing 30 September)
     

The Last Shadow Puppets
My Mistakes Were Made For You [Video]

Danielson
Animal in Every Corner (Version) [MP3] (from from Trying Hartz (First Fruits ‘94-’04) releasing 4 November)
     

The Lexie Mountain Boys
Sweet Potato Sugar Tot [MP3]
     

Karl Blau
Mockingbird Diet [MP3] (from Nature’s Got Away releasing 23 September)
     

F*cked Up
Twice Born [MP3] (from The Chemistry Of Common Life releasing 7 October)
     

Grails
Reincarnation Blues [MP3] (from Doomsdayer’s Holiday releasing 7 October)
     

—PopMatters Staff