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In 2011, filmmakers Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz visited a camp for disabled actors in California. Here, they met Zack Gottsagen, a young man with Down's Syndrome who wanted to become a wrestler. It was this dream that inspired Nilson…

Because Sight and Sound uses too many big words

Film fans will already know that the 2006 film The Departed was based on the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs, but two of its characters were loosely inspired by a notorious Boston gangster and a corrupt FBI agent.  After…

Ripples disrupt calm waters but which event caused the biggest splash? There are several candidates in Luca Guadagnino’s first film since 2009’s I Am Love, reuniting him with Tilda Swinton for sun kissed turmoil on the Italian island of…

Given his recent record, it’s been a long time since anyone showed surprise when a new Johnny Depp film turns out to be a turkey. He’s been cruising on empty for too long, and with old age catching up, his days as a headlining megastar seem…

You could fill this news column everyday at the moment with the latest statistical facts of what is proving to be one of the biggest movies of - well ever.  But that isn't going to happen.  This will be the first, and last (for the moment…

Ever since the film adaptation of E.L. James’ phenomenon was announced, two vocal camps have been chomping at the bit to get sight of it. On one side sit the fanatics, laying into any decision that doesn’t align with their reading of the…

Imagine if you were to take one of Shakespeare’s lesser known works and transplant it to modern day America where a drug dealing biker gang and the police are all set to square off. Now add in an 80’s B movie action vibe and mix it with…