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High camp and low cunning
MARUA DUARTE recommends the stranger-than-fiction story of the rise and fall of the Gucci family’s billion-dollar fashion empire
Adam Driver (left) as Maurizio Gucci and Lady Gaga as Patrizia Regianni
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
House of Gucci (15)
Directed by Ridley Scott
TWENTY years in the making, Ridley Scott’s wonderfully captivating new film is inspired by the shocking true story of the Gucci family, and its implosion in a tale of power, greed, betrayal, murder and high-stakes fashion.
Based on Sara Gay Forden’s book The House of Gucci, it walks a fine line between outrageous camp and bitter drama as it explores the meteoric rise and show-stopping fall of a family empire.
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