Film Review - Back to Black

Marisa Abela is excellent in Sam Taylor-Johnson's heartfelt biopic of Amy Winehouse

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Sam Taylor-Johnson has had an uneven directorial career to date. Some of her films I like a great deal; Nowhere Boy (2009), for instance. Others I’m considerably less inclined towards, such as the lamentable Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). However, her new film Back to Black, a biopic of the late, much-lamented Amy Winehou…