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21 hours agoColman Domingo Defends Michael
The film focuses on how Michael Jackson became Michael before later allegations, while production changes and legal limits shaped what could be depicted.
Kristen Stewart is returning to the big screen, but this time as a director. Her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, is a force of nature and a piercing adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's 2011 novel of the same name. Stewart's psychological drama follows a young woman (Imogen Poots) who escapes trauma through writing and swimming. It's a challenging watch but a poignant perspective on addiction and motherhood through the eyes of a queer woman.
There's a really good cast here, in a movie with a real-life story to tell: how Irish boxing trainer Brendan Ingle mentored a cheeky Sheffield kid from migrant Yemeni parents, Prince Naseem Hamed, teaching him to stand up to racist bullies and turning him into a media-friendly world champ in the late 90s, nurturing his showboating arrogance and his lethal fists.