1989, West Virginia. Female boxer Christy (Sydney Sweeney) meets trainer and future husband Jim (Ben Foster), rising to the top of the sport while dealing with abuse, sexism and homophobia. The road ...

No, not the recently released social realist drama of the same name from Cork. David Michôd’s latest film is a straight-down-the-middle biopic of a seminal figure in the development of women’s boxing.

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter I start to mention the most famous story about Ben Foster, and Ben Foster starts to roll his eyes. It’s an anecdote that crops up in ...

While at the outset this seems like a by-the-numbers inspirational sports biopic, as it progresses Christy sets itself apart for myriad reasons. This dark, affecting drama chronicles the life of ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. It’s all too easy to be distracted by the peripheral noise around Sydney Sweeney: the controversy over her genes, her jeans ...

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In what could be the beginning of one era and the end of another, Albuquerque’s Holly Holm upset Christy Martin at the Isleta Casino at Isleta, New Mexico before a sold out crowd of 2,800 screaming ...

When his older brother couldn't attend the air races in Nevada, 22-year-old Michael Wogan went instead. He considered it a father-and-son vacation and excitedly promised to tell his siblings all about ...

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