{
  "id": 5476524,
  "title": "Critics hail Danny Boyle's Murdoch biopic Ink as \"riveting\", \"his best film in decades\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/critics-hail-danny-boyles-murdoch-biopic-ink-as-riveting-his-best",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-04T02:49:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/culture/critics-hail-danny-boyles-murdoch-biopic-ink-as-riveting-his-best-film-in-decades-20260904-p60ui6.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The film Ink, directed by Danny Boyle, stars Guy Pearce as Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch. According to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, the film traces Murdoch's 1969 takeover of The Sun with \"electric, pulse-pounding urgency\".\n\nInk has been described as \"riveting\" and one of Boyle's best films in decades. The film explores how Murdoch and the editor of The Sun, played by Jack O'Connell, created the world's biggest selling newspaper.\n\nThe film's plot is set decades before the rise of social media and online news platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Google. Netflix acquired the US rights to the film, which is set to be a significant release.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Critics hail Danny Boyle's Murdoch biopic Ink as \"riveting\", \"his best film in decades\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/critics-hail-danny-boyles-murdoch-biopic-ink-as-riveting-his-best",
        "published": "2026-09-04T02:49:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "What the trailer and reviews reveal about Ink, the new film starring Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/what-the-trailer-and-reviews-reveal-about-ink-the-new-film-starring",
        "published": "2026-09-04T05:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}