Deborah Ross

The best film you won’t go and see this week: Widow Clicquot reviewed

If you’re uming and ahing about what film to probably not go and see this week, this biopic of a remarkable 18th-century businesswoman has to be on the list

Haley Bennett brings intelligence, intensity and heft to her performance of champagne magnate Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin.  
issue 24 August 2024
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August is known as ‘dump month’. It’s when the most forgettable films are released on the grounds that people don’t go to the cinema much in the summer. But maybe they don’t go because the films are so forgettable? Either way, the best film you probably won’t go and see this week is Widow Clicquot.

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