The new Amy Winehouse biopic is finally out, but Back to Black has bitterly divided critics and fans. Some are disgusted by the ‘sanitisation’ of key figures such as her dad Mitch Winehouse and former husband Blake Fielder-Civil, while others are delighted to see a film that doesn’t revel in the sordid details of her drug addiction. We get into the thorny debate around the Sam Taylor-Johnson directed ‘love story’, starring Marisa Abela and Jack O’Connell, as well as the wild recent reporting on how Mitch is currently suing two of Amy’s best friends for auctioning off items she gave them. First, though, we give our verdicts on Netflix’s Scoop, the thrilling dramatisation of Prince Andrew’s car-crash Newsnight interview from 2019, told from the perspective of BBC celebrity booker Sam McAllister, played by an excellent Billie Piper. How accurate is the show when spotlighting the inner workings of celebrity booking?
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Reccos discussed:
Scoop, Netflix
Prince Andrew would 'scream and shout' if his 72 teddies were not put back properly, Express
Wendy Ide on Scoop for The Guardian
Clarisse Loughgrey on Scoop for The Independent
Peter Bradshaw on Scoop for The Observer
Off the Fence newsletter on Scoop, Substack (9 April edition)
Sam McAlister, Emily Maitlis and the drama behind Netflix’s Scoop, Telegraph
Civil War (in cinemas now)
My Amy by Tyler James
A Private War (film and book)
Back To Black (in cinemas now)
Sam Taylor-Johnson on art, age gaps and Amy Winehouse, The Guardian
It’s a grotesque insult for Back to Black to suggest Amy Winehouse died of heartache over her childlessness, Laura Snapes for The Guardian
The Amy Winehouse I knew — by our critic, Will Hodkingson for The Times
The row raging between Amy Winehouse’s father and her best friends, The Times
Emily The Criminal, Netflix
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