Film

Amy

Name: Amy
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2015
Cast: Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Tony Bennett, Pete Doherty, Juliette Ashby

Asif Kapadia's Oscar-winning documentary is built entirely from archive: home videos, paparazzi footage, voicemails, with no on-camera interviews, just voices laid over images. It plays like eavesdropping on an actual life rather than watching a film about one. For anyone who only knew the tabloid punchline, this is the corrective — a portrait of extraordinary talent consumed in real time, assembled by people who loved her.

TMDb rating

7.6

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