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Film round-up: March 6, 2025
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE Reviews of Twiggy, Mickey 17, Day of the Fight, and Marching Powder
(L-R) Day of the Fight; Twiggy; Marching Powder
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SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
Twiggy (12A)
Directed by Sadie Frost
★★★★
LESLEY HORNBY, a working-class girl from Neasden, was just 16 when she was discovered in 1966, taking the modelling world by storm with her unique androgynous look, and becoming the face of London and the swinging ’60s.
Better known as Twiggy, she was initially told she was too short and too thin to ever be a model, plus she had no bust. She also spoke with a Cockney accent which was unheard of for a model at that time.
This fascinating documentary, directed by Sadie Frost, chronicles the meteoric rise of Britain’s first supermodel and reveals the woman behind the icon as Twiggy tells her story first hand for the first time. It is riveting viewing.
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