The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Blue Trail, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Colours of Time, Glenrothan
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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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CHRIS SEARLE on Mike Westbrook who died aged 90
STEVE JOHNSON speaks to JIM MORAY about an album that marks 25 years since his first
DENNIS BROE observes how cutbacks, mergers and AI create content detached from both reality and history itself
SAHAR MARANLOU explores a novella, newly translated and republished in English that tells the history of Iran through women’s bodies
DAVID NICHOLSON applauds the revival of a joyous production that deals with choirs, competitions and communism
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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