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.
  • Comments

  • Widow Clicquot

    15, Key cities

Already a subscriber? Log in

This article is for subscribers only

Subscribe today to get 3 months' delivery of the magazine, as well as online and app access, for only £3.

  • Weekly delivery of the magazine
  • Unlimited access to our website and app
  • Enjoy Spectator newsletters and podcasts
  • Explore our online archive, going back to 1828

Read next

Trending

Julie Burchill

The triumph of Mr and Mrs Badenoch

When we used to think of Tory marriages, we mostly thought of when they went horribly wrong – when the Honourable Member was caught with his trousers down, as when, in 1992, David Mellor was found ‘in flagrante’ with a resting ‘actress’ who saw fit to sell her story to a tabloid newspaper. The ghastly

More on champagne

Also by Deborah Ross

Latest

Comments

Join the debate for just $5 for 3 months

Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for $5.

Already a subscriber? Log in