Asif Kapadia
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Film director recalls the long and rocky road to meeting the mercurial subject of his film
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The Diego Maradona and Amy director gorges on spaghetti western, succumbs to Disney+ ... but steers clear of disaster flicks
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Our pick of the top films released in the US this year brings a shocking class war, tearjerking breakups, war, glamour, horror and everything in between. Tell us your favourites too
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When the Argentina legend went to manage a Mexican second division side in drug- and gang-ravaged Culiacán, many feared the worst, but a revealing documentary shows him thriving
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As an Argentinian growing up far from home, I clung on to the legend of our greatest footballer. Now I appreciate his lows as well as his highs
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Asif Kapadia goes off the beaten track in globetrotting new podcast Detours, while Jeff Goldblum hangs out with Gregory Porter
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Maradona film reminds that untameables were not always untouchable
Richard WilliamsThe Argentinian great’s Napoli years, chronicled in Asif Kapadia’s latest, show real pressures of adulation compared to today’s walled-away talents -
4 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Diego Maradona review – a gripping game of two halves
4 out of 5 stars.
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4 out of 5 stars.
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week Diego Maradona review – flashy study of football's flawed genius
4 out of 5 stars.Asif Kapadia, director of Amy and Senna, captures all the euphoria and catastrophe in a gripping documentary about the ‘hand of God’ megastar
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Alison Owen’s Monumental Pictures is due to produce the film about the life of the late British soul singer
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The streaming service says the drama will offer an ‘unprecedented look’ at the player and chronicle his mid-80s peak where he led Argentina to World Cup glory and Napoli to its first-ever scudetto
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The director of Senna and Amy on falling in love with his subjects, tackling Maradona, and how his films resemble pop art
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Representatives of the former primer minister are rumoured to have met with James Gay-Rees, producer of Amy, Senna and Supersonic
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Asif Kapadia accused by Mitch Winehouse of making award-winning documentary out of self-interest: ‘He’s fooled everybody’
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Asif Kapadia’s tribute to the jazz and pop singer beats Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence to win the prize
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