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Amy Winehouse is the latest star to get the Hollywood biopic treatment

by Charles Bramesco

Will audi­ences say ​‘no, no, no’ to Sam Taylor-Johnson’s upcom­ing film?
A man in a pink outfit playing an acoustic guitar on stage, with an audience visible in the background.
Review

Elvis

by Anna Bogutskaya

Baz Luhrmann’s sweaty, opu­lent take on the King of rock ​’n’ roll is not a biopic but a fairy tale.

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4
In Retrospect
A man in a pink outfit playing an acoustic guitar on stage, with an audience visible in the background.
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Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic bids to get down with the kids

by Lucy Vipond

The Aus­tralian direc­tor appears to be court­ing younger view­ers with his hot­ly-antic­i­pat­ed film about The King.
Two men in formal evening wear, one with a bow tie and the other with a waistcoat, standing together.
Review

Benediction

by Adam Woodward

Ter­ence Davies explores the trag­ic and com­plex life of World War I poet Siegfried Sas­soon in this ele­gant­ly mov­ing biopic.

4
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5
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5
In Retrospect
Two people sitting in a room, one man wearing a white jumper and the other a woman wearing a patterned cardigan. Behind them are framed artworks and a light fixture on the wall.
Review

Father Stu

by Charles Bramesco

A skep­ti­cal ama­teur wrestler finds reli­gion in writer/​director Ros­alind Ross’ unin­spired biopic.

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In Retrospect
Close-up of a serious-looking man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and smoking a cigarette, in black and white.
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Everything we know about Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

by Elizabeth Wiart

The British writer/​director has lined up an all-star cast for his forth­com­ing biopic of the father of the atom bomb.
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The first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic features little conversation, more action

by Charles Bramesco

Austin But­ler por­trays the hip-swivel­ing, scan­dal-ignit­ing rock-and-roll super­star in the new film.
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In Praise Of

How 24 Hour Party People put an anarchic spin on the music biopic

by Callie Petch

Michael Winterbottom’s por­trait of the Mad­ch­ester scene is endur­ing proof that films about musi­cians don’t have to beat­i­fy their subjects.
Curly-haired child sitting on a couch, wearing a pink and white outfit, with a thoughtful expression on their face.
Review

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

by Charles Bramesco

Jes­si­ca Chas­tain trans­forms into the opu­lent yet con­tro­ver­sial​Tam­my Faye Mess­ner in Michael Showalter’s cus­tom­ary biopic.

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3
In Retrospect
Two people embracing, a woman with curly hair and a man in a suit, against a brick wall.
Review

Being the Ricardos

by Leila Latif

Nicole Kid­man and Javier Bar­dem play TV leg­ends Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin’s snap­py biopic.

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In Retrospect