Asif Kapadia

Interview: Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees on Finding ‘Amy’

CHICAGO – She burned like a firework in the sky, and just as quickly faded away. The unique voice of Amy Winehouse was fresh air into the music vacuum, and yet the delicate state of her destructive addictions succumbed to a sudden notoriety. Director Asif Kapadia and producer James Gay-Rees tell her story in ‘Amy.’

HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Passes to ‘Amy’ on Amy Winehouse

Amy on Amy Winehouse

CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the music documentary/biographyAmy” on six-time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse from BAFTA Award-winning “Senna” director Asif Kapadia!

DVD Review: ‘Senna’ Salutes Astounding Career of Titular Racing Icon

Senna DVD Review

CHICAGO – Here’s one of the smartest documentaries to come around in a good long while. Director Asif Kapadia tackles subject matter that begs to be told with immediacy and he ends up succeeding every step of the way. His masterstroke in the Sundance prize-winner, “Senna,” is at once simple and ingenious: the entire picture is told purely through archival footage, allowing the subjects to tell their own story as it unfolded.

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