A group of misfits and visionaries had an idea for a new kind of news - one that would give the people what they want, and would change the face of the world we live in today.
Ink is showing in 1 cinema in London - next screening Sunday 18 October at 10:20 at BFI Southbank.
Next screenings: Sunday 18 October.
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a legacy steeped in sensationalism. solidly entertaining throughout as a fast, high-tension telling of the birth and damage of one of the worst populist publications to ever exist. Very funny early on, with lots of tricky visual elements, but Boyle's eccentricities don't meet the moral core of it all that well in its final act. And it concludes with the most horribly meaningless gen-ai image, obviously dampens what is otherwise a pretty good watch. conflicted. Boyle was the chosen one.
I’ll admit I was half distracted by bad audience etiquette for most of the movie but I didn’t vibe with this. I don’t think they portrayed either person bad enough Also the AI photo is so incredibly pointless and jarring that it feels like it was a test to see what audiences would notice and put up with
Boyle tries to pump some manically vulgar Wolf of Fleet Street energy into a pretty dull sub-Sorkin script about the day Real News died and we let sensationalist, pornographic tabloids take over. I generally like that Boyle's natural instinct is to be aggressive and filthy (which suits the mission statement of his characters here, and O'Connell relishes in it), but after awhile it started to feel a little at odds that such hack-y biopic material was being presented like some punk rock underdog story. Boyle obviously doesn't think any of this is good or cool, the silly BlacKkKlansman meets Oppenheimer ending montage makes that explicitly clear, but it doesn't change the fact that this really isn't saying much of anything about this industry or history beyond "well that wasn't good!" and is trying (and only sometimes succeeding) to paper over that with some sex, drugs and rock-and-roll style. I did like the tarred and feathered bit. The Boyle music video ADHD tics mean you don't really see any of the AI bullshit for longer than a second but that's what makes it all the more mind-boggling; just a completely self-imposed thing that could've been avoided by hiring some teenager with a computer.Further discussion on ep 451 of my podcast SLEAZOIDS, as part of our TIFF26 coverage.
Ink follows the turbulent rise of a sensationalist British tabloid newspaper that forever alters the media landscape.
Ink was directed by Danny Boyle in 2026, known for his high-energy visual style.
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