Ink
After depicting raging infected humans in 28 Years Later, director Danny Boyle turns to the extremes of British newspapers in Ink, his stylish and pacey adaptation of playwright James Graham’s chronicle of the rise of instantly notorious The Sun.
Rupert Murdoch (Guy Pearce) persuades newspaper editor Larry Lamb (Jack O’Connell) to oversee his newly acquired but flagging daily. Their tactics to grab readers creates tabloid culture, the world’s biggest selling newspaper, and a dark journalistic legacy.
“A rambunctious pageant on how (if this doesn’t sound too naïve) the British media lost the last strand of its innocence. Dirty, gripping, enraging stuff.” — Donald Clark, Irish Times
Content Guidance: Contains graphic violence, sexual content, nudity, drug use, sexist attitudes and language.