The new Amy Winehouse biopic is a sympathetic portrait of an artist’s descent into addiction, but exhibits many of the drawbacks associated with this genre
14 April 2024 – 00:00 By Staff Reporter
How long has the legend of Amy Winehouse dominated recent popular culture? Like many other young, talented artists, her star shone too brightly, and she died in her Camden, north London flat by accidental alcohol poisoning on July 23 2011 — after years of heavy drug and alcohol addiction…
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