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Graig Gillespie

Cruella – Graig Gillespie (2021)

  • drama

A strange, little girl with black and white hair causes problems at school and her mother decides to leave theor little town and move to London. During a stop underway, mother gets an accident and Estella flees the scene. She ends up in London and befriends two young criminals.

Ten years down the line, Estella is employed by a pomp fashion queen and it turns out that there is an open bill between the two. Estella uses her alter-ego Cruella to terrorize the fasion queen.

Gillespie made a film with a bit of a Tim Burton vibe, with some heist elements, a pinch of V For Vendetta, resulting in an amusing film starring Emma Stone, Emma Thompson and Mark Strong.

I, Tonya – Graig Gillespie (2017)

  • drama

How big are the odds to watch two films of two different directors with the last name Gillespie in one weekend?

Tonya Harding likes ice skating as a girl. Her mother pushes her towards to becoming a professional ice figure skater. The mother is, let us say, persuasive.

Tonya is an all-American, somewhat lowlife girl. Her foul mouth she has from her mother. Because of this, no matter how good Tonya is, she does not really fit into the glamour world of ice skating. This causes her to not get the praise she deserves.

Then there some other elements in her life that do not really help her carreer.

“I, Tonya” is a documentary-like film with interviews and flashbacks. The remarkable story is told with harsh humor and gives a peak into the world of a perhaps famous, but certainly not a rich young woman trying to keep her head above the water in the world of professional sports.