Director – Anton Corbijn – 2007 – UK – Cert. 15 – 122m ***** UK release date 05/10/2007 The story of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis: his disintegrating marriage, struggles with epilepsy and eventual suicide – review originally published in Third Way magazine, September 2007 For the uninitiated, post-punk Mancunian band Joy Division formed […]
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