Sam Taylor-Johnson

The best films of 2024 in the UK so far
Seduced by Sam Taylor-Johnson’s woozy Amy Winehouse biopic and kicked into tomorrow by Dev Patel’s Monkey Man, we replay six fantastic months of film
Guardian film
11, Jun, 2024 @11:00 AM

‘The house was small, the life was big’: how Amy Winehouse’s homes were recreated for Back to Black
Set designers Katie Spencer and Sarah Greenwood went from Barbie to the darker world of the Winehouse biopic. They explain how even a Smeg fridge evokes the singer’s dreams
Kate Solomon
18, Apr, 2024 @8:48 AM

Back to Black review – wildly uneven portrait of Amy Winehouse
Marisa Abela goes all out in a valiant attempt to capture the late singer’s unique charisma – and voice – in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s misjudged biopic
Wendy Ide
14, Apr, 2024 @2:00 PM

It’s a grotesque insult for Back to Black to suggest Amy Winehouse died of heartache over her childlessness | Laura Snapes
Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic suggests that the singer’s desire for a baby was the main source of her suffering. It’s a gendered simplification that exonerates the forces that killed her
Laura Snapes
12, Apr, 2024 @9:00 AM

Back to Black review – woozy Amy Winehouse biopic buoyed by extraordinary lead performance
Sam Taylor-Johnson’s best film to date is more interested in romance and creativity than demons or blame
Peter Bradshaw
09, Apr, 2024 @8:01 AM

Sam Taylor-Johnson on art, age gaps and Amy Winehouse: ‘Filming sucked me to a place I didn’t know how to get out of’
The director’s new biopic about the troubled singer tells the story of a relationship scrutinised by the tabloids – something she knows all about. She talks about facing cancer, falling for a younger man and why she’ll always be drawn to ‘intense, deep subjects’
Charlotte Edwardes
06, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis to score Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black
Bad Seeds duo hailed by director Sam Taylor-Johnson for ‘profoundly deep and moving’ work
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
07, Feb, 2024 @5:40 PM

Full trailer for Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black released
Much hyped Sam Taylor-Johnson film stars Marisa Abela as the singer, who died at her north London home in 2011
Guardian film
02, Feb, 2024 @2:48 PM

Back to Black: first trailer for Amy Winehouse biopic from Sam Taylor-Johnson released
The film, starring Marisa Abela, has the blessing of the Winehouse estate, and will be released in April
Guardian film
11, Jan, 2024 @10:37 AM

The media exploited Amy Winehouse’s life. A new biopic looks set to do the same with her death
The first look at a new biopic has prompted anger for depicting the late singer as a cartoonish mess. Is it possible to make a film about an abused artist without repeating history?
Shaad D'Souza
24, Jan, 2023 @4:15 PM

Amy Winehouse biopic: first photo released of Marisa Abela as late singer
Industry actor pictured with singer’s trademark beehive, as Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Back to Black set to start shooting this month
Shaad D'Souza
13, Jan, 2023 @5:23 PM

Sam Taylor-Johnson to direct authorised Amy Winehouse biopic
The film, Back to Black, will tell the singer’s story with the Fifty Shades of Grey director at the helm
Benjamin Lee
11, Jul, 2022 @9:03 PM
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